Rashomon  [videorecording] / 
 Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon Also known as:  In the woods  Rasho-Mon 
[Daiei Co. ; produced by Jingo Minoura ; scenario by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto ; directed by Akira Kurosawa]. 
 - [Irvington, NY] :  Criterion Collection,  c2002. 
 - 1 videodisc (88 min.) :  sd., b&w ;  4 3/4 in. 
 - Criterion collection ;  138 Classic collection .
 - Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;  138. Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) .
<br/><br/> 1.33:1 aspect ratio; RSDL dual layer; high definition transfer with restored image and sound.  Based on In a bush by Ryĺunosuke Akutagawa.  Originally issued as a motion picture in 1950 by Daiei, Japan.  Special features include: commentary by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie; video introduction by Robert Altman; excerpts from The world of Kazuo Miyagawa (cinematographer); reprints from Rashomon source stories, Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "In a bush" and "Rashomon"; excerpt about Rashomon from Kurosawa's book "Something like an autobiography"; theatrical trailer. 
<br/><br/>Director, Akira Kurosawa ; writers, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto.  Director, Akira Kurosawa ; writers, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto. 
<br/><br/>Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki. 
<br/><br/> Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD format; Dolby digital mono. 
<br/><br/><br/>Soundtracks in Japanese or English; English subtitles. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0780024591 9780780024595 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>RAS040  Criterion Collection 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Murder--Japan--Drama.<br/>Rape--Japan--Drama.<br/>Samurai--Japan--Drama.<br/>Subjectivity--Drama.<br/>Memory--Drama.<br/>Feature films--Japan.<br/>Foreign films.<br/>Motion pictures, Japanese.<br/>Cine Japonés (inglés)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CM DVD 01205 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.4372