Rashomon

Radio Times“The film that introduced western audiences to Japanese cinema...” The endlessly moving camera, the stylised composition of the shots and the subtly shifting performances enable Kurosawa to challenge the notion that the camera never lies...

The Observer“A beautiful restored print...” Starring as a bandit on trial for kidnap and rape, the director's regular collaborator, Toshiro Mifune, gives perhaps his wildest and sexiest performance...

Time Out film“Engrossing and provocative...” This level of mastery is timeless, and although the movie is overly deliberate at times, when it takes off, it really flies. An essential reissue...

Little White Lies“60 years on the film has lost none of its intrigue...” Though largely revered for its multi-narrative structure, Rashomon is also a visual masterwork. Kurosawa decided to combine the setting of Rashomon with Hashimoto’s adaptation of In a Grove to extend it to feature length. It was a stroke of genius.

Guardian“Unmissable...” Akira Kurosawa's 1950 masterwork is a chilling, utterly memorable dissection of the nature of human communication. Truth, history, memory and the past … are these just fictions?...

Channel4 Film“Compulsive viewing...” In telling their tale to the authorities the three participants and the woodcutter, who witnessed the ambush, all give entirely different accounts of the incident leaving the viewer puzzled as to who, if anyone, is telling the truth...

Empire“Outstanding...” Kurosawa is always worth a look but this is a particular classic that has influenced so much to come, it's almost essential...

The Independent“Not yet reviewed”

The Telegraph“Not yet reviewed”

Total Film “Not yet reviewed”