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Rashomon
Presented in association with 98.1 Classical KING FM
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, Rashomon is perhaps the finest film ever made about the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, director Akira Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the same story: the murder of a man and the rape of his wife. Starring Toshiro Mifune in another commanding performance, Rashomon revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema to the world.
Foreign Film Champion James Selvidge will be introducing both December 5 screenings of Rashomon and signing copies of his new book: Bergman, Fellini, Kurosawa: The Foreign Film In America.
"The name Jim Selvidge has largely been forgotten in local movie circles, but he was Seattle's pioneering exhibitor of foreign-language films in the '50s and '60s and the spiritual godfather of the vibrant specialty film scene the city now enjoys. Over those two decades, Selvidge successfully ran several Northwest movie venues, including the Ridgemont, the first Seattle cinema to book foreign films as a regular policy and -- from 1956 to 1971 -- one of the most influential art houses in the country." - William Arnold, Seattle PI
Read Seattle PI's recent article on James Selvidge here.
Cast & Crew
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Producer: Jingo Minoura
Screenwriter: Akira Kurosawa
Cinematographer: Kazuo Miyagawa
Music: Takashi Matsuyama
Principal Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki
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