Name: TOH LAI HEE Class: IA03B Lecturer: Justin Lee Subject: Creative Writing Artistic Film Review: RASHOMON Directed by Akira Kurosawa What do "RASHOMON" means? The "Rashomon" was the largest gate in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan. It was 106 feet wide and 26 feet deep, and was topped with a ridge-pole; its stone-wall rose 75 feet high. With the decline of West Kyoto, the gate fell into bad repair, cracking, and crumbling in many places, and …
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…quite the same unique and intense fashion. In every sense of the word, this is a true classic. It's hard to find a more rewarding way to spend ninety minutes. Bibliography: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Agency/6668/ http://www.ucalgary.ca/~xyang/rashmn.htm (japanese webpage. pls use language translator) http://us.imdb.com/Title?0042876 http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/k/x/kxs334/academic/fiction/akutagawa_rashomon.html http://www.dailyrepublican.com/kurosawa.html