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Rashomon
is a 1950 Japanese period drama (jidaigeki) film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay he co-wrote with Shinobu Hashimoto. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, and Takashi Shimura, it follows various people who describe how a samurai was murdered in a forest. The plot and characters are based upon Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's short story "In a Grove", with the title and framing story taken from Akutagawa's "Rashōmon". Every element is largely identical, from the murdered samurai speaking through a Shinto psychic to the bandit in the forest, the monk, the assault of the wife, an

Scandal
1950 film by Akira Kurosawa

Ōgon Bat
Japanese superhero

Until We Meet Again
1950 film by Tadashi Imai

Escape at Dawn
1950 film by Senkichi Taniguchi

Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950 film by Kenji Mizoguchi

Bōryoku no Machi
1950 film by Satsuo Yamamoto

The Bells of Nagasaki
1950 film directed by Hideo Ōba

Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950 film by Hideo Sekigawa

Battle of Roses
1950 film directed by Mikio Naruse

Wedding Ring
1950 film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita