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Rashomon

audiovisual digital film film core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Akira Kurosawa, director

Canon Rationale

A core global cinema work, included as a watchable film for its central place in Japanese cinema, art-cinema reception, and narrative form.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 53.

Evidence

  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Rashomon'.
  • institutional list: BFI, 'Rashomon'.
  • review essay: The Criterion Collection, 'Rashomon'.

Audit Flags

version dependency

Completion unit: watch the film in a specified restored edition. The evidence links support inclusion and version choice.

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