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Rashomon AKA Rashômon AKA Rasho-mon AKA In the Woods (1950)
A heinous crime and its aftermath are recalled from differing points of view.Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Subtitles:Chinese (Traditional) and Chinese (Simplified)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary with Japanese film historian Donald Richie
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Extras:Theatrical Trailer
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Subtitles:English and Korean
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Part of the 25 film 25 disc "AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa" which includes "Sanshiro Sugata" (1943), "The Most Beautiful" (1944), "Sanshiro Sugata Part Two" (1945), "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail" (1945), "No Regrets for Our Youth" (1946), "One Wonderful Sunday" (1947), "Drunken Angel" (1948), "Stray Dog" (1949), "Scandal" (1950), "Rashomon" (1950), "The Idiot" (1951), "Ikiru" (1952), "Seven Samurai" (1954), "I Live in Fear" (1955), "Throne of Blood" (1957), "The Lower Depths" (1957), "The Hidden Fortress" (1958), "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960), "Yojimbo" (1961), "Sanjuro" (1962), "High and Low" (1963), "Red Beard" (1965), "Dodes’ka-den" (1970), "Kagemusha" (1980), "Madadayo" (1993).
Packaged in a deluxe linen-bound collector's set with an illustrated 96-page hardback book. -
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Part of the Essential Art House series.
Also available in Essential Art House, Volume 1 with Beauty and the Beast, Grand Illusion, Knife in the Water, Lord of the Flies, and Wild Strawberries -
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary with Japanese film historian Donald Richie
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Extras:Introduction by Robert Altman (6:39)
Excerpts from the documentary “World of Kazuo Miyagawa” (12:32)
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
English Dolby Digital 1.0 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a 28-page booklet featuring reprints of Ryunosuke Akutagawa's short stories “In a Grove” and “Rashomon”, an essay by Stephen Prince, and an extract from Kurosawa's autobiography.
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary with Japanese film historian Donald Richie
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Extras:"Robert Altman On Rashomon" featurette
Excerpts from The World of Kazuo Miyagawa documentary
"A Testimony as an Image" documentary
Archival Audio Interview with actor Takashi Shimura
Theatrical Trailer
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.37:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The English dub is not mentioned on the case.
Comes with a booklet featuring an essay by film historian Stephen Prince, an excerpt from director Akira Kurosawa's Something Like An Autobiography, and reprints of Rashomon's two source stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. -
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Extras:Theatrical Trailer
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Subtitles:French
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Extras:Bonus Trailers
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Subtitles:German (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary with Teruyo Nogami and Sen'ichi Benitani
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Extras:Gallery
- Posters, etc. (60 stills)
- Stills (63 stills)
- Behind the Scenes (26 stills)
- Storyboards and Composer Notes (63 stills)
- Awards Ceremonies (13 stills)
- Miscellaneous (64 stills)
Outtakes (4:03)
Bunka News Newsreel (1:04)
Excerpts from the 1993 documentary “World of Kazuo Miyagawa” (11:53)
"A Testimony as an Image" 2002 documentary (68:17)
Theatrical Trailer (3:26)
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Subtitles:Japanese HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Transfer is windowboxed.
Includes a 10 page foldout booklet.
Also available in the 3-film 4-disc "Akira Kurosawa Daiei Collection" which includes "The Quiet Duel", "Rashomon", and "Madadayo" with a 34 page booklet. -
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Extras:Film Biographies
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Subtitles:English (burned-in)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Extras:"John Boorman on Rashomon" featurette (5:59)
"A Testimony as an Image: Rashomon" documentary (in Japanese with optional English subtitles) (68:23)
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a 36-page booklet.
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Extras:"Making Of" documentary (68:22)
“The World of Cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa” documentary excerpt (12:33)
Outtakes (3:55)
Newsreel Footage (1:05)
Galleries:
-Poster Art (15 images)
-Promotional Stills (60 images)
-Production Stills (26 images)
-Storyboard Art (43 images)
-Inside The Scrapbook (13 images)
-Venice Film Festival (6 images)
Original Theatrical Trailer (3:18)
Bonus trailers for “Kill!”, “Kwaidan”, and “Seven Samurai” -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: Draw
The US Criterion Remastered Reissue, the UK SE, and Japanese releases for the differing exclusive extras.
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CUTS:
- R0 Hong Kong- Mei Ah - No cuts.
- R0 South Korea- Oasis - No cuts (87:48 NTSC).
- R1 AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (87:45 NTSC).
- R1 Essential Art House America- Criterion Collection - No cuts.
- R1 Original Release America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (88:04 NTSC).
- R1 Remastered Re-issue America- Criterion Collection - No cuts.
- R2 France- Fravidis/Opening - No cuts.
- R2 Germany- Concorde - No cuts (83:39 PAL).
- R2 Deluxe Edition Japan- Pioneer LDC - No cuts (87:42 NTSC).
- R2 United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts (84:09 PAL).
- R2 Special Edition United Kingdom- Optimum Releasing - No cuts (87:50 PAL).
- R4 Australia- The AV Channel - No cuts (84:11 PAL).
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Comparison added by The Rewind Team on 24/11/02
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 05/11/21UPDATE LOG:
04 Dec 2012: Addition of the R0 Korean release, 3 Criterion releases, and the DVDBeaver link.
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29/09/18: Added Germany, ASINs, capsaholic.
07/03/20: Added US AK 100.
05/11/21: updated Japan.
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