Rashomon is a Japanese crime drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, adapted from the two short stories "Rashomon" and "In a Grove", written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. The film uses multiple narrators to tell the story of the death of a samurai. The storytelling and narration is twofold in the film, with men intermittently shown sitting under Rashomon gate for shelter from the rain, discussing the investigation done by the police into the death of the samurai, while a film portrayal of the actual events takes the spotlight. The police bring in several people to testify: the man who reported the crime, the bandit accused murderer, the widow of the murdered man, and a shaman through which the police could communicate with the dead man himself. The main motif of the story is the unreliable narrator, with the testimonies from each witness repeatedly called into question. The premise of the film is therefore a discussion into whether or not people are fundamentally unscrupulous liars. Perspectives change constantly in the film as the same event is told of in four different ways, with all accounts given to be plausible when considered independently of each other, but when considered in the greater context are seen as very suspicious. What actually resulted in this samurai's death is unimportant, because the story isn't important. What is important is Kurosawa's way of storytelling. Kurosawa's filming style forces the viewer to confront the uncomfortable and depraved reality discussed in the story. By presenting in somewhat graphic fashion the various purported causes of the samurai's death, the viewer is forced to come to grips with the fact humans do indeed act maliciously when it can benefit them, throwing the idea of wholly virtuous beings under scrutiny. .
In analyzing Kurosawa's filming style, it is important to note a pivotal event in his childhood. In the aftermath of the 1923 Tokyo Earthquake, Kurosawa and his older brother viewed the absolute carnage from a high spot away from the city.
The film Rashomon is amazingly simple yet deceptively complex. ... The film Rashomon opens with three men sitting under Rashomon gate. ... Each of the four stories is separated by a returning shot to the four men at Rashomon gate. ... Rashomon is a beautifully directed movie which uses framing to separate the different scenes. ... The framing of the stories helped to make Rashomon the wonderful film that it is....
In Rashomon we are told a story from varying different points of views. ... Rashomon is based on short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Rashomon and In the Grove. ... I found this movie to be very interesting in the way Akira Kurosawa told the story of Rashomon. ...
The story told by Rashomon is both surprisingly simple and deceptively complex. ... Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon" is a good example of a story that is not what it first appears to be. ... Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon tells the story of a murder. ... Rashomon plays with what we can perceive as truth. ...
I was not really able to grasp the essence of "In a Grove- and "Rashomon- the first time I read it. ... In my opinion, "Rashomon- was a vague story. ... Kurosawa's Rashomon was based on the combination of Akutagawa's two stories. ... Many people watch Rashomon to try to piece the stories together and find a conclusion. ... Rashomon was used as the place where the woodcutter, the priest, and the commoner met. ...
Rashomon Akutagawa's Rashomon is a fascinating tale about the nature of human behavior in extreme circumstances. ... In Rashomon, there was a great deal of social trouble taking place and the samurai for who the servant had worked for many years had let him go. ... This suspicion is clearly depicted in the following quote: "[The servant begins to climb into the Rashomon to sleep for the night when he sees a light] What sort of person would be making a light in the Rahomon and in a storm? ...
"Rashomon," (1950) is a film directed by Akira Kurosawa. ... The film recounts the account of the bandit whom holds the namesake of the film, the dangerously renowned Rashomon. ... I think, providing that the woodcutters account is factual, Rashomon acts in this way because he is concerned about the way he will be represented after the trial. ... The way in which Rashomon boast himself is a defensive tool in protecting the integrity of his name as a bandit. ... Rashomon has stated himself on multiple accounts that people are motivated purely by self-interest. ...
I chose the song "Demons,"" by Imagine Dragons. ... People try to destroy us and we try to shield our demons from the ones we love, but we want their help. ... It's where my demons hide; it's where my demons hide. ... It's where my demons hide; it's where my demons hide. ... One has gained the emotional trust needed to expose demons, or conflicted inner-self. ...
Evil-Demon's in my head? ... He challenges that idea of knowledge because with his evil-demon theory, there is no such thing as "self-thought". ... Meaning he isn't quite sure whether we have bodies and the demon only taps into our brains or if us as a whole is just an imaginary idea. ... The evil-demon in this case is a giant machine that grows the babies in pods filled with "life energy" from other humans. ... For instance, Descartes proposed the existence of an evil-demon, not some large machine or computer that controlled us. ...
