‘Rashomon’: 4 Differing Points of View of a Crime Scene

Akira Kurosawa’s groundbreaking mystery crime thriller only gets better with repeated viewings.

(L–R) A commoner (Kichijiro Ueda), a woodcutter (Takashi Shimura), and a priest (Minoru Chiaki) take shelter during a rainstorm and listen to the woodcutter’s tale, in “Rashomon.” Criterion Collection

NR | 1h 28m | Drama, Crime, Mystery | 1951

Regularly appearing on many critics’ and filmmakers’ all-time Top 10 lists, director Akira Kurosawa’s “Rashomon” had such an indelible imprint on cinema that its title also doubles as an adjective, as in “the Rashomon Effect.”