Rashomon
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Rashomon is a 1950 Japanese jidaigeki psychological thriller film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay he co-wrote with Shinobu Hashimoto. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori,
Theatrical release poster
Press photo of Toshiro Mifune and Daisuke Katō
The bandit and the wife, in the dappled light of the forest
US release poster for Rashomon
Machiko Kyō
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Motoko Yano, better known as Machiko Kyō, was a Japanese actress who was active primarily in the 1950s. Considered one of Japan's first sex symbols and one of its greatest screen actresses, Kyō is bes
Rashomon
…period drama) psychological thriller film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay he co-wrote with Shinobu Hashimoto. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, and Takashi Shimura, it follows various people who describe how a samurai was murdered in a forest. The plot and characters are based…
Kyō in 1959
Kyō as the title character in Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (1955)
1950 film Rashomon with Toshiro Mifune
1953 film Jigokumon with Kazuo Hasegawa