[KineJapan] Rashomon question

Mon Mar 29 06:13:49 EDT 2021

Just to note that Maria’s careful analysis adds another layer of meaning to
the film as a postwar commentary: a samurai, perhaps even a law enforcer,
was not able to protect his wife from a brigand, what does that say about
Japan’s ‘great’ martial tradition? Think of shichinin no samurai and how
difficult it is to get someone to protect the farmers and the revelation
that the bandits are probably former samurai. Kurosawa never strayed far
from his young leftist leanings (or as his great friend Honda put it when
asked in a NHK documentary if it was true that Kurosawa had been a
communist: Of course! We were all communists then!). The West had to gloss
it as humanism, but it was a concern about structural injustice that was
more to the left (but probably no longer Marxist) than that. Thank you
Maria for your analysis and Lorenzo for asking the question. Lola

On Monday, 29 March 2021, Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Hola Lorenzo.
> Indeed, I speak Spanish (from Barcelona) and indeed cannot access the link.
> ;-)
>
> María José
>
> On Monday, 29 March 2021, 03:24:15 AM GMT+9, Lorenzo Javier Torres
> Hortelano <lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es> wrote:
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> Dear Mª José, this and the first email are very interesting, thanks. We
> have good material to reflect on!
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> In fact, you touch something I had already noticed, and that I reminded to
> my colleague: that Kanazawa is not a coward in the fight, no matter how
> much Tajomaru's violence makes him very cautious, and several times, wields
> his sword to take down the bandit.
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>
> By your name maybe you can speak Spanish, in case you’re interested, here
> you have the first class session (of two; on 7 April will be the second):
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMkFvJbDRU4&t=2771s Its has been banned
> in some countries as I use video fragments (Youtube…!), in case it is your
> case, please, tell me and I can give you a link to my Onedrive -or to
> anyone who is interested and can understand Spanish.
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> Best,
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> *De:* KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> * En nombre de *Maria
> Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan
> *Enviado el:* sábado, 27 de marzo de 2021 17:45
> *Para:* Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>
> *CC:* Maria Jose Gonzalez <tkarsavina at yahoo.com>
> *Asunto:* Re: [KineJapan] Rashomon question
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>
> Shortly after I sent my previous message, I started thinking about Kyoto’s
> Aoi Matsuri,  which serves as a parade of Heian Fashion,  and realised that
> Rashomon’s Kanazawa must be a 検非違使 (kebiishi), a 武官 position that
> combined the duties of a judge and a policeman.
>
> After a search for Akutagawa in my library, one book confirmed that
> Kanazawa’ s job in Akutagawa’s story is indeed that of 検非違使
>
> (See attachment)
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> María José
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> On Saturday, 27 March 2021, 04:50:04 PM GMT+9, Maria Jose Gonzalez via
> KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
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> Interesting question.
>
> See my observations on this character, written rather casually but with
> some visuals, in the attached pdf file.
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> María José González Muñoz
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> Kwansei University
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> Nishinomiya, Japan
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> On Friday, 26 March 2021, 10:02:54 PM GMT+9, Markus Nornes via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
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> There seems to have been   a problem with this message from Lorenzo, so
> I’m forwarding it here.
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> Markus
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> 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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