Essays on Rashomon

A Paradoxical Story Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa, is a Japanese film from the 1950s. In the article published “ El Cultural” Miguel Marias explains this movie is entirely different from what people used to see in the period drama genre, which mostly revolved around…

Rashomon, produced by Akira Kurosawa, is a Japanese film from the 1950s. This film is completely different from what people were used to seeing in that genre at the time; the films of that time were usually about issues involving samurai (Marias, Miguel). Director Kurosawa…

The Conflicting Dilemma of Multiple Interpretations A single event witnessed by more than one person can be portrayed in almost countless different ways, making the truth nearly impossible to determine. The conflicting outlooks on an occurrence vary depending on who is recanting the story, what…