Thru Different Eyes
Flashbacks in a courtroom drama give different points of view on the events, anticipating the classic Japanese film Rashomon.
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"This 1929 U.S. film is probably not a source for the groundbreaking 1950 movie classic Rashomon, because the 2 Japanese short stories which Rashomon is based upon were written in 1915 and 1922, while Thru Different Eyes came out in 1929, and was based upon a prior U.S. stage play. The writer of the short stories, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, killed himself in 1927. His style was highly influential in Japan, and he's considered the father of the modern Japanese short story, comparable to Edgar Allen Poe's influence in English literature, and of a similarly dark nature. Several of Akutagawa&ap..."
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Sylvia Sidney's first credited film role.
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Flashbacks in a courtroom drama give different points of view on the events, anticipating the classic Japanese film Rashomon.