Wedding Ring Aka Konyaku Yubiwa (1950) Keisuke Kinoshita, Jûkichi Uno, Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshirô Mifune

A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, Rashomon is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people give different accounts of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife, which director Akira Kurosawa presents with striking imagery and an ingenious use of flashbacks. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema—and a commanding new star by the name of Toshiro Mifune—to the Western world.

John Blackthorne, a 17th Century English navigator shipwrecked off the coast of Japan, becomes an eyewitness to a deadly struggle involving Toranaga, a feuding warlord intent on becoming Shōgun - the supreme military dictator. Irresistibly drawn into the turmoil, Blackthorne finds himself vying to become the first-ever gai-jin (foreigner) to be made a samurai warrior.