Special Features:
Commentary by Japanese Film Historian Donald Richie  �  Video Introduction by Director Robert Altman  �  Excerpts from "The World of Kazuo Miyagawa", a Documentary About the Rashomon Cinematographer  �  Reprints and Excerpts from the Rashomon Source Stories and Akira Kurosawa's Autobiography  �  Theatrical Trailer

Director Akira Kurowawa's Rashomon pretty much introduced Japanese cinema to the western world all by itself. It did fairly well in its initial Japanese release, but when it won the top award at the Venice festival the following year a new revolution had begun. The Seven Samurai would appear a few years later and firmly place Kurosawa as the godfather of Japanese cinema.

Rashomon tells the same story from multiple perspectives. It is one of the great films about how both the truth and reality of a situation are very subjective. The subtleties in performance and technique in each version are so perfectly realized it is no wonder that it has been copied over and over again in the 50 plus years since it release. Rashomon is another must see film classic.