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Rashomon (1950)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa

88 min63 frames

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The husband, the wife… or the bandit?

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Rashomon (1950) movie still: medium — An exterior courtyard with a high plaster wall under a bright sky. A captive man sits on the gravel ground…Rashomon (1950) movie still: fullbody — An outdoor gravel courtyard features a bamboo arch draped with hanging paper shide strips. A woman in long…Rashomon (1950) movie still: closeup — A person lies on a textured sandy surface under bright natural light. The subject looks directly into the…Rashomon (1950) movie still: closeup — An outdoor setting during a heavy downpour at night with visible falling water. A man with a wet face grabs…Rashomon (1950) movie still: medium — A dense bamboo grove with bright sunlight piercing through the leaves and thick foliage. A man stands between…Rashomon (1950) movie still: wide — A dense woodland path is covered in fallen leaves and enclosed by thick trees. A man crawls slowly on the dirt…Rashomon (1950) movie still: medium — A dilapidated wooden gatehouse with large columns shows remnants of heavy damage and decay. Two men engage in…Rashomon (1950) movie still: wide — A dense forest floor with scattered fallen leaves and heavy foliage surrounding the clearing. A man stands over…Rashomon (1950) movie still: medium — A dilapidated, traditional wooden temple gate sits in the background of a war-torn landscape. An unkempt man…Rashomon (1950) movie still: fullbody — A woman in historical Japanese attire lies on a bed of light gravel. Two men sit cross-legged behind her in…Rashomon (1950) movie still: wide — Massive tree trunks dominate the foreground of a dense, shadowy natural woodland environment. A lone man lies…Rashomon (1950) movie still: fullbody — A dirt path cuts through a dense thicket of tall slender bamboo trees. A rider on a horse and a companion on…Rashomon (1950) movie still: medium — A dense thicket of tangled branches and foliage obscures a sunlit clearing below. A man crouches in the…Rashomon (1950) movie still: medium — A man in traditional robes stands next to a horse outdoors. The background displays blurred foliage and a tall…Rashomon (1950) movie still: wide — A dense forest path with thick tree trunks and a scattered leaf floor. A man wearing a kimono stands alone on…Rashomon (1950) movie still: medium — A man sits in the middle of a dark, shadowed clearing in a woods. Dappled sunlight strikes the ground where…
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What is Rashomon about?

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Rashomon is a 1950 Japanese jidaigeki psychological thriller film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay he co-wrote with Shinobu Hashimoto. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, and Takashi Shimura, it follows various people who describe how a samurai was murdered in a forest. The plot and characters are based upon Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's short story "In a Grove", with the title and framing story taken from Akutagawa's "Rashōmon". Every element is largely identical, from the murdered samurai speaking through a Shinto psychic to the bandit in the forest, the monk, the assault of the wife, and the dishonest retelling of the events in which everyone shows their ideal self by lying.

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What does the cinematography of Rashomon look like?

Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of Rashomon leans on medium shots (32% of the sample) and close-ups (29%). Cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa keeps 60% of it in hard-edged, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 86% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 59% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Rashomon?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Rashomon (1950) are #060606, #8b8b8b, #cacaca, #484848, #6f6f6f, #303030 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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