Rashomon story
Rashomon (羅生門, Rashōmon) is a 1950 Japanese period psychological thriller film directed by Akira Kurosawa, working in close collaboration with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. It stars Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, and Takashi Shimura. Although the film borrows the title from Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's short story "Rashōmon", it is based on Akutagawa's short story of 1922 "In a Grove", which provides the characters and plot.
16 total · 3 choice · 7 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with a crisis of faith | choice | the overarching point seems to have been the priest's loss of faith in humanity upon hearing about the selfish and cruel actions of everyone involved |
| human nature | choice | the overarching point seems to have been the priest's loss of faith in humanity upon hearing about the selfish and cruel actions of everyone involved |
| the desire for justice | choice | the various stories were told during a trial in which society sought to discover the truth of the events |
| alternate points of view | major | we heard comtrasting and contradictory testimonies from participants in the drama |
| coping with having been raped | major | the wife was raped by Tajomaru and much of the story dealt with that fact |
| honor | major | the samurai killed hims |
| husband and wife | major | the story centred on the relationship between a husband and his wife as she was raped |
| love triangle | major | we must ponder what really took place between Tajomaru, the wife, and the samurai husband |
| pridefulness | major | all the people involved exhibited much pride and lied to cover their shame |
| romantic infidelity | major | The wife may have left her husband for Tajomaru voluntarily. |