Kurosawa's Rashomon (1950) Original Vintage Photo Archive

Rashomon Akira Kurosawa

Photograph

Kurosawa's Rashomon. Archive of 2 Original vintage photos used as lobby cards in movie theaters. British Lion, 1950. Each measures 8" x 10" and are glossy, high contrast black and white. Rashomon is a 1950 drama starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura who describe how a samurai was murdered in a forest. The film is known for involving various characters that provide subjective, alternative and contradictory versions of the same incident which created a genre still popular today. It was one of the first Japanese film to receive a significant international reception, winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1951 and the Academy Honorary Award in 1952. These photos feature images form the movie, including one of Minoru Chiaki, Kichijiro Ueda, and Takashi Shimura in the climax scene. Captions on both have the name of the movie, distributor and text reading: "The Academy Award Film Grand Prize Venice Festival." Photos are clear and in very good condition.

Item #19630

Price: $350.00