[KineJapan] Rashomon question

[Maria Jose Gonzalez]

 Interesting question.
See my observations on this character, written rather casually but with some visuals, in the attached pdf file.

María José González MuñozKwansei UniversityNishinomiya, Japan

    On Friday, 26 March 2021, 10:02:54 PM GMT+9, Markus Nornes via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:  
 
 There seems to have been   a problem with this message from Lorenzo, so I’m forwarding it here. 
Markus


From: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano 
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:29:44 +0000
Subject: Doubt on RASHÔMON

Dear colleagues,

I’m contributing to Japan Foundation Spain, with a colleague, on a course on Rashômon. I just wanted to bring one apparent secondary doubt: the man who is killed, is a public servant or a samurai? Is it both, taking in mind the etymology of the word “samurai”, “saburau” or “server”?

In most of the synopsis you can find he is a samurai, but in Akutagawa’s homonymous tale he is a “public servant”.
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Markus NornesProfessor of Asian CinemaDepartment of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design
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