Don’t Be So Political: RASHOMON – 75th Anniversary Screening!

Runtime: 88 mins | Release Year: 1950 | Rating: NR | Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Mystery
Production Country: Japan | Original Language: Japanese

Showtimes
‣ Sunday March 16th @ 06:45 PM
Don’t Be So Political is a monthly film series that engages with films through a political lens. Each screening is preceded by an expert Q&A. Hosted by Zach Wortzman
 
“If men don’t trust each other, this earth might as well be hell.”
 
 
An assault. A murder. A samurais honour stolen. And the investigation into what happened reveals four stories, none of which overlap.
 
 
Master director Akira Kurosawa puts the audience in the seat of judgement to untangle a web of lies in search of the truth. Philosophical quandaries steps the audience through the sequence of events ultimately indicting the lie as the greatest of humanity’s betrayals. With the proliferation of ‘fake news’, the demonization of ‘main stream media’, and accelerating rise of reality altering artificial intelligence, truth has never been more important. And more threatened. 
 
 
#41 on BFI’s Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All-Time, Rashomon stands as one of Japan’s, and the world’s, most important cinematic achievements. Revolutionary in its structure, Rashomon has the rare cultural distinction of gaining a place in the English language’s verbiage: a narrative told from many perspectives, often unreliably. (ZACH WORTZMAN)
 

Part of the Don’t Be So Political series!

Cast/Crew Info
Director:
Akira Kurosawa | Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Takashi Shimura, Masayuki Mori, Minoru Chiaki