The Rashomon effect: a new look at Akira Kurosawa's cinematic milestone of post-truth

The premiere of Rashomon was a watershed moment for Japanese cinema, but what was the appeal of this tale of unreliable narrators set in the far distant past? And how did the peculiarities of its initial screenings affect the way Kurosawa’s masterpiece was interpreted?

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