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Rashomon : Dead Men Don't Lie

The priest, the commoner, and the woodcutter wonder about the plausibility of the dead samurai's account.

Dead Men Don't Lie

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acting, close-up, complex storytelling, cutaway, dialogue, framing, high angle, low angle, natural lighting, over the shoulder shot, two-shot, unreliable narrator

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"Dead Men Don't Lie" in Rashomon. Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd., 1950, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=217

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