04-21-2020, 10:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-21-2020, 11:18 AM by Drunk Monk.)
But the sword fights, amirite?
Two thoughts on Rashomon.
1. It's based on a collection of short stories Ryunosuke Akutagawa (had to look that up). The actual title story, Rashomon (which means 'net life gate' and is featured on the torii in the begining) is not the story dramatized in the film although Kurosawa poaches the gate concept for where the baby is abandoned. The actual story is 'In the Grove'. I do recommend this collection of shorts.
2. The KFM forum censors 'homo' so whenever Rashomon is referenced, it comes out Ras****mon unless the o is replaced by 0.
BTW, I do have a nice English translation of this book soft bound, but I have no idea where it is, otherwise I'd offer it as a loner. My book storage went off the rails when I moved to the Cruz and I've never bothered to deal with it.
Two thoughts on Rashomon.
1. It's based on a collection of short stories Ryunosuke Akutagawa (had to look that up). The actual title story, Rashomon (which means 'net life gate' and is featured on the torii in the begining) is not the story dramatized in the film although Kurosawa poaches the gate concept for where the baby is abandoned. The actual story is 'In the Grove'. I do recommend this collection of shorts.
2. The KFM forum censors 'homo' so whenever Rashomon is referenced, it comes out Ras****mon unless the o is replaced by 0.
BTW, I do have a nice English translation of this book soft bound, but I have no idea where it is, otherwise I'd offer it as a loner. My book storage went off the rails when I moved to the Cruz and I've never bothered to deal with it.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse