THE CLASSIC THAT INFLUENCED FILMMAKERS ALL OVER THE WORLD

Few works of fiction have explored the relative and elusive nature of truth with such force as Rashomon.
- New York Times -

The plot is a classic demonstration of the relativity of "truth": four diverging views of a murder and rape, three by the killer and his victims, one by a detached observer.

Rashomon's impact derives from its view that storytelling has power unto itself, that it informs our view of life and human beings. How the story is told, and from whose point of view, can dramatically alter that perspective.

Rashomon's very structure confronts us with the fragility of human memory, the dubiousness of stories told and told again.
- Los Angeles Times -