Rashomon - Demonernas port

羅生門

...it's Akira Kurosawa's direction that commands the attention as he mood ranges from the savage to the wistful to the comic.

Here is an opportunity to revisit Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film, and to appreciate how the cliche does not do justice to a uniquely disturbing drama.

The real gift of "Rashomon" is in its emotions and visuals. The cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa evokes the heat, light and shade of a semi-tropical forest.

The film is presented almost as visual poetry, paying a great deal of attention to sights and images while sound and dialogue have lesser importance. The cinematography is singularly evocative.

...remains engrossing and provocative as conflicting testimonies emerge.