New trailer for Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon - back in cinemas from 6 January 2023 | BFI

Akira Kurosawa’s hugely influential 1950 historical crime drama - back in cinemas UK-wide from 6 January 2023 Subscribe: Winner of the top prize at the 1952 Venice Film Festival and an Honorary Academy Award the same year, the film concerns a woodcutter (Takashi Shimura) who witnesses a horrific series of events - an ambush, the rape of a noblewoman (Machiko Kyo) and the subsequent murder of her samurai husband (Mayasuki Mori) by a bandit (Toshiro Mifune). Yet, in the recounting of the incidents at the trial, differing versions come from all involved, thus raising questions about the reliability of subjective ’truth’. Watch more on BFI Player: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on Twitter: