Rashomon (New ed)

"Rashomon" is one of the greatest of Japanese director Akira Kurasowa's films and the winner of the Academy Award for best foreign picture in 1952.

It features Toshiru Mifune, the best-known Japanese actor in the West, as "the bandit", an accused rapist and murderer.

This volume brings together the full continuity script of "Rashomon", an essay by Donald Richie on "Rashomon", the Akutagawa Stories upon which the film is based, critical reviews and commentaries on the film and a filmography.