Kurosawa’s Rashomon was based on the combination of Akutagawa’s two stories. Kurosawa used parts of both stories to establish the theme of the movie. The beginning of the movie showed the Rashomon gate where some people were seeking shelter from the rain. The people who were there were the woodcutter, the priest, a

I appreciated the movie more. It had more emotion and I think that it has challenged me more. In the film, I slowly realized the message that Akutagawa was trying to send. I did not notice that very much in the text. I think combining the two stories was a good idea because it brought more life to the movie. It showed the kind of life the people were living then. The movie Rashomon has shown me that having an objective or absolute truth is not possible. We all see things or events from different angles and we all have different views and versions of what we call “THE TRUTH”.

The film did not show this scenario. Rashomon was used as the place where the woodcutter, the priest, and the commoner met. This was where they exchanged stories about the incident. Instead of showing seven accounts of the incident, Kurosawa chose to only show four. And, I think that the accounts that were shown were significant in the story.

The written text simply lays out what happened and does not give much impact on the message of the author. For me, just reading the text alone did not show me the deeper focus of the story. I was able to understand more by watching the film. Although the text was an interesting reading, I found it confusing. When I started to read “In a Grove”, I found myself wondering what is all these about. The story was made of seven different accounts from seven different individuals. All seemed to be telling the truth, but I was uncertain. I was not sure if Akutagawa’s purpose was to let his readers guess who was telling the truth.

In the text, a rônin took shelter in Rashomon and while he was there he saw an old woman co

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