Movie connections for
Rashômon (1950) More at IMDbPro »

Version of

Rashomon (1960) (TV)
Rashomon (1961) (TV)
The Outrage (1964)
Iron Maze (1991)
Hoodwinked! (2005)

Remade as

Misty (1996)

Edited into

Papillon d'amour (2003)

Referenced in

Operation Teahouse (1956)
Les Girls (1957)
Murder à la Mod (1968)
Quante volte... quella notte (1972)
"All in the Family: Everybody Tells the Truth (#3.21)" (1973)
 -  An event is reenacted three times, from three different characters' perspectives.
The Wicker Man (1973)
 -  The shots directly into the trees/sun are taken directly from Rashômon, especially the ones in which the camera racks focus from the trees to the setting sun behind them. This is used to reference the 'rashomon' of conflicting stories Howie gets about Rowan's identity
"Magnum, P.I.: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii: Part 1 (#1.1)" (1980)
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
"Diff'rent Strokes: Rashomon II (#6.3)" (1983)
 -  title reference
Davitelj protiv davitelja (1984)
 -  The narrator on the beginning tells about the peeping toms called rashomonians after Kurosawa's movie.
"Punky Brewster: See You in Court (#4.9)" (1988)
 -  The plotline of this episode is based on that of this film.
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
A Century of Cinema (1994)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Empire of the Censors (1995) (TV)
She's So Cold (1995)
 -  The conflicting versions of the alleged necrophilia committed by Zeno in the Morgan family mortuary echoes the conflicting versions of the alleged rape and murder committed in the Kurosawa film.
Fargo (1996)
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. (1996)
 -  The title is mentioned.
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Jackie Brown (1997)
 -  The final money trade in the clothing store is viewed from multiple characters' perspectives, a reference to Rashomon.
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' (1998) (TV)
 -  Referenced by interviewee.
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999) (TV)
 -  The title is mentioned.
"King of the Hill: A Fire-fighting We Will Go (#3.10)" (1999)
 -  A crime is dramatized from several different viewpoints.
"The Sopranos: The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti (#1.8)" (1999)
 -  the comic does a joke about it
The Matrix (1999)
Go (1999)
"The Simpsons: Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo (#10.23)" (1999)
 -  When Homer complains that he would rather go to Jamaica than to Japan, Marge reminds him that "You liked _Rashomon_," to which Homer replies, "That's not how I remember it." This is an allusion to (and joke about) the way the various characters in Kurosawa's film have differing memories of the way the events in the central story transpired.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
 -  Ghost Dog and Louie have differing recollections of their first meeting. This is a reference to the story in Rashômon (1950) where people give varying accounts of the same event; Louise is shown reading the novelized version of the film.
Drowning Mona (2000)
Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA (2000)
 -  action is told in flashback by many different characters.
One Night at McCool's (2001)
Narc (2002)
Fellini: Je suis un grand menteur (2002)
Ying xiong (2002)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
 -  mentioned in documentary
Basic (2003)
Commune (2005)
 -  The title is mentioned.
In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session (2005) (V)
 -  mentioned once
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Rashomama (#6.21)" (2006)
 -  The title and format of the episode.
Bezmiar sprawiedliwosci (2006)
 -  The trial is shown from three different perspectives.
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Weeping Willow (#6.10)" (2006)
 -  Ross describes the interviews with the participants "cyber-Rashoman."
The Making of 'Severance' (2007) (V)
 -  Referenced by name
Crossing Criminal Cultures (2007) (V)
 -  mentioned once

Featured in

A.K. (1985)
The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990) (TV)
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown.
The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)
 -  clips
Indie Sex: Censored (2007) (TV)
 -  A clip is shown

Spoofed in

"My Name Is Earl: Buried Treasure (#2.13)" (2007)
 -  Shows several versions of the same story.
"Skunk Fu!: The Art of Remembering: Part 1/The Art of Remembering: Part 2 (#1.26)" (2008)
 -  The plot takes place in an old temple during a rainy day. The characters of Rabbit, Fox, and Skunk retell events from their point of view, only to be contradicted by a key piece of evidence at the end offered by Panda.

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