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It’s not often that a movie title enters the common vernacular, but these days, when we describe something as Rashomon-like, we are referring to this movie’s presentation of multiple versions of the truth of a rape and murder. Kurosawa’s first big international hit also won an Oscar for Best Foreign picture.
This article appears in February 7 • 2003.
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