Help us celebrate our anniversary weekend with the Akira Kurosawa classic that introduced the wider world to Japanese cinema, screening on 16mm courtesy of Film On Film series coordinator Josh Mays. (Can’t make it to Friday’s show? We’ll be offering a digital encore screening Sunday!)

A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, RASHOMON is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people give different accounts of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife, which director Akira Kurosawa presents with striking imagery and an ingenious use of flashbacks. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema—and a commanding new star by the name of Toshiro Mifune—to the Western world. (Janus Films)

“It’s easy to forget that the movie offers more rewards than a dazzling superstructure… it’s beautifully shot, vividly performed and is ultimately an arresting pop treatise on the impossibility of objective truth.” – Times UK

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