Rashomon

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa(Samuel French)

Rashomon

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Synopsis

A drama in two acts

Drama Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin Characters: 6 male, 3 female Exterior SetThe famous stories of Akutagawa were adapted for Broadway for Claire Bloom, Rod Steiger, Akim Tamiroff and Oscar Homolka.

The wife of a Samurai officer is assaulted and her husband killed by a roving bandit.

Contradictory versions of what happened are reenacted at the trial by the bandit, the wife and the dead husband who speaks through a sorceress.

Each version is true in its fashion.

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