Unreliable narrator
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In literature, film, and other such arts, an unreliable narrator is a narrator who cannot be trusted or whose credibility is compromised. As a narrative technique, it can be found in a wide range from
Illustration by Gustave Doré of Baron Munchausen's tale of being swallowed by a whale. Tall tales, such as those of the Baron, often feature unreliable narrators.
Rashomon effect
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The Rashomon effect is the phenomenon of the unreliability of eyewitnesses. The effect is named after Akira Kurosawa's 1950 Japanese film Rashomon, which itself is based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa's short
Unreliable narrator
…Play within a play Rashomon effect, different narrators providing different accounts or stories of the same narrative events Tall tale…
Tajōmaru the bandit and the wife of a samurai, two characters who offer different perspectives of events in the film Rashomon