Lecture 22: Kurosawa and Rashomon

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Description: Kurosawa's Rashomon demonstrates film's emergence as an international medium and fully-recognized art form. The lecture highlights connections to modernism and Japanese theater traditions, and summarizes the film's key stylistic and structural features.

Instructor: David Thorburn

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  • The "moment" of Rashomon (0:10:42)
  • Japanese Cinema: a note (0:07:14)
  • Kurosawa's career (0:05:26)
  • Rashomon (0:35:00)

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