Game changer in modern cinema using multiple perspectives & introduced Kurosawa to the world
Postmodern before postmodernism. Introduced flash backs, a fractured plot, and different perspectives years before it became the norm. Rashomon was a game changer in cinema when it was released in 1950 by famed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.<br /><br />Three vagabonds played by Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki and Kichijiro Ueda meet in an abandoned temple. One has a tale that he finds outrageous that it challenges his idea of humanity.<br /><br />What happened is then told by different characters each with a different perspective of what happened. That includes Takashi Shimura who was a woodcutter who came across a dead body of a samurai played by Masayuki Mori in the forest. Then Minoru Chiaki adds how he first came across the samurai and his wife played by Machiko Kyo. Third is Daisuke Kato, a policeman who caught Toshiro Mifune who is accused of the crime. He came across Mifune acting like a crazed man. Next is Mifune himself who looks like a caged animal as he testifies bound before the judge. Kyo adds her own tale, and there’s even a psychic played by Noriko Honma who recounts the samurai’s experience. The narrative weaves back and forth between those characters.<br /><br />Kurosawa used a deft hand to introduced the characters and story. Shimura for example, first found Machiko’s hat in the woods. Then Minoru only saw a glimpse of her upon her horse and her large hat with a shroud around it. Mifune actually gets a glimpse of her face, which intrigues him. He tells the judge he thought he saw a goddess. It turns out this woman is at the center of everything that transpired, it’s just that no one has the same recollection. Was she the cause, the victim, the instigator or all or none of the above.<br /><br />Kurosawa never establishes which one was the true tale. Perhaps they all were and just represented the unique perspective of each character? Today this technique is routine, but they all pay homage to Kurosawa.<br />C
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