Light of Rashomon: - On Three Lies and a Single Light

Akira Kurosawa The Light of Rashomon - A Story of Unspoken Ethics and Redemption

This profound literary essay examines Ryunosuke Akutagawa's short story In a Grove and Akira Kurosawa's film Rashomon, confronting timeless themes of silence, storytelling, forgiveness, and human morality. Can truth truly be spoken? Is forgiveness ever possible?

Drawing from his own experience documenting Kurosawa during the filming of Ran, filmmaker Mitsuhiko Kawamura weaves personal narrative with cultural analysis, exploring the ethical architecture hidden beneath both literature and cinema.

Written in the shadow of illness and hardship, this book is not only a critical study but also a testimony of redemption. It is a quiet yet powerful light offered to those who seek meaning amidst the chaos of conflicting truths.