Abstract:
The film Rashomon of Akira Kurosawa is a work of art (Tatara 2011), produced in the 20th
century that can be compared to no other classical work produced in the era. Kurosawa has
not only represented the human activities of the social, political and economical environment
but had also reflected in depth the deeper realities of humanity itself (Macfarlane 2003).
The literary journey he undertakes is a result of the depression that had sunk to the depths of
his innermost mind. In doing so one could observed that he had been influenced by the
techniques belonging to the world and culture of the short story writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa
who had composed Rashomon and In a Grove. In producing Rashomon he had concentrated
more on transcribing the plot to a film script.
