◇ The robber had sex with the samurai wife.
◇ The robber was caught.
Other than that, is there anything else that can be confirmed?
What everyone tries to hide is precisely what they are not ashamed of. This can also be confirmed.
The story of the movie "Rashomon" is very simple: the samurai couple encountered a robber on their long journey, the wife was raped by the robber (not necessarily accurate, if defined by the robber's story), and the samurai died for unknown reasons. The complication is that Akira Kurosawa narrates the event from four perspectives (the captured robber, the grieving wife of the samurai, the undead of the samurai who appeared through the mouth of a psychic, and the woodcutter who found the corpse), each with a different narrative. Very persuasive, but at key points, various rhetoric is between suspicion, so there are four very different versions.
The special meaning of "Rashomon" - "the truth of each saying is unknown" was also born.
Everyone uses lies to establish their ideal image - samurai: Bushido spirit, noble character; woman: chastity; robber: powerful, mighty - but it is easy to lie, difficult to practice.
The truth of Rashomon is hidden in the bamboo bushes. In 1950, Akira Kurosawa directed "Rashomon", which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The content of the film was actually adapted from Akutagawa Ryunosuke's novel "In the Shinobamboo Bush", but the title of the film was taken from Akutagawa's other novel. The name of the novel "Rashomon".
Together with the audience, the monks watched several versions of the case from beginning to end. In the uncertainty of human nature, he is like us; in the film, he symbolizes morality and truth, and is a benchmark - and we are also; the common people represent the way of survival, and his sharpness is actually deeply critical. Spirit. Can the monks and the common people be understood as the Tao and the vessel, the metaphysical and the metaphysical? In between is the woodcutter - if you accept his last big disproven, believe that he was just greedy, stole the samurai's jeweled knife, and buried the truth in order to cover up his own filth. At the end of the film, he adopts an abandoned baby, the sky is clear, and the hope is full of figurativeness, which may be regarded as Akira Kurosawa's hope.
◇ Realistic "Rashomon". The original meaning is "Jingcheng Gate". It refers to the main gate of Heianjing and Heianjing where the imperial capital of Japan was located in the seventh century. Later, due to the decline of the imperial family and frequent natural disasters and civil strife, the gate of the capital was in disrepair and became increasingly dilapidated and desolate, and eventually became a shelter for foxes and thieves, unclaimed. The corpse was also dumped here. Eerie.
◇ The novel "Rashomon". A short story written by Akutagawa Ryunosuke in 1915. The story is about a family general who was dismissed by his master, who wanted to steal but had no courage. One evening, he was hungry and wanted to search for some property in the Rashomen gate tower, which was full of dead corpses, but saw an old woman pulling long hair from the head of a female corpse. Out of "repulsion against all sins", he caught the old woman and asked him what happened. The old woman told the dead man's hair that she wanted to weave a wig and sell it for money. She also argued that the woman used snake meat for fish to sell money to deceive people. Their purpose is the same: to make a living. So she believed that the woman would forgive her too. After listening to the drum of courage, the family will immediately strip the old woman of her clothes and disappear into the night. Moreover, since then people have never seen him again.
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