Kurosawa was not aware that Rashomon had been entered in the Venice Film Festival

黒沢は「羅生門」がベネチア映画祭に出品されたことも知らなかった。グランプリを受賞したとき、会場に日本の関係者が誰もいなかったので、無関係なベトナム人が金獅子像を受け取った。 https://t.co/2nw8IrWMQR

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 Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Kurosawa, Rashomon had been entered in the Venice Film Festival, due to the efforts of Giuliana Stramigioli, a Japan-based representative of an Italian film company, who had seen and admired the movie and convinced Daiei to submit it. On September 10, 1951, Rashomon was awarded the festival's highest prize, the Golden Lion, shocking not only Daiei but the international film world, which at the time was largely unaware of Japan's decades-old cinematic tradition.

ほんまや。