The storyline was interesting, but unfortunately, lacking movie experience, I was not able to "get" the climax to feel the wave. I walked in there thinking that the final storyline or some twist would wrap the whole thing up, but there was no twist; there were just lies. Even after the ending, what really happened was up for the audience to think. I have my opinions that links perfectly to the theme and the storyline, but I am confused about the... dagger. Because I felt stupid after reading what was the climax, I do not feel that I have the right to rate this movie. However, it provokes lots of thinking if you pause between the storylines!
Again, the theme is self-preservation even after death and reading up the history of the movie, it appears that Westerners "thought" that this was a good representation of the Japanese movie theatre, so they endorsed it. It was very well-received by Westerners, but not by the Japanese, who heavily crticized it for a lack of the environment that Japanese movies have and for the shocking theme of self-preservation. Despite the Japanese government suggesting an alternative representative to the Westerners, their efforts were futile, but I am unsure of the aftereffects of the movie's success to the Japanese.
The movie caused something known as the Rashomon effect: retelling of a story from different perspectives that offer a different twist every time. It influenced the production of many movies, including the recent Vantage Point (which ironically influenced me to watch Rashomon).
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now you have me intrigued, lol. the only other jap classic film I've watched is the seven samurai, but this definitely sounds watchable. did u watch this in a theatre?
Nope, it is probably too classic to be in theatre, but too good to die in torrents =D
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