... are different and yet the same. There are common instances, yet who did what and when was different. Many people watch Rashomon to try to piece the stories together and find a conclusion. They try to determine who are guilty and who are innocent. But, that is not the real objective of the movie. ... 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...

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... used masks to convey his characters' emotions, later on to be replaced with detailed face-paintings. His melding of different arts and culture is a true innovation as it successfully conveyed stories in formats that can be viewed as both Eastern and Western styled. He referenced this in an interview by which he mentioned: "I collect old Japanese lacquerware as well as antique ... mind naturally, without the least bit of conflict." Kurosawa's bold and dynamic style has been related by critics, as traditional Hollywood style when it comes to narrative movie making; his stories were chrono...

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... of the crime are told by the four witnesses. The wife, the husband, the bandit and the woodcutter all give their accounts of the same event. Each of the four stories is separated by a returning shot to the four men at Rashomon gate. This is quite possibly the only way a story like this can be told. With out the framing there ... the film would have an extremely difficult time tying all the different accounts together. Thus the framing elements of the film are vital to its success. The framing of the stories helped to make Rashomon the wonderful film that it is....

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... in a good story, as long as it's not a "sermon" from the priest. At the prompting of the third man, the woodcutter tells the story - providing the interesting story device of stories (the murder from 4 perspectives) within a story (the trial) within a story (the men at the gate). The tale he tells revolves around a bandit, Tajomaru, who has attacked a couple wandering through the ... presenting another possibility which is equally likely. The film leaves us with myriad questions. What, here, is truth? Which tale, if any, is what truly happened? Do any of these stories have any truth? ...

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... varying different points of views. From these perspectives we have to see if we can put the pieces together to hopefully get to the truth. Rashomon is based on short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Rashomon and In the Grove. It was made into a movie in 1950 and received both the Grand Prix of the Venice Film Festival and the Academy Award ... ...

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