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Rashomon
Rashomon
can refer to several things:
The
Rashōmon Gate
(羅生門 or 羅城門
Rajōmon
) is one of two
city gates
in
Heijōkyō
/
Heiankyō
(now
Kyoto
),
Japan
.
Rashōmon
is a
1915
Japanese
short story
written by
Akutagawa Ryūnosuke
.
Rashōmon
is also a
1950
Japanese
motion picture
by
Akira Kurosawa
, borrowing the plot from Akutagawa's
In a Grove
and thematic elements from
Rashōmon
.
Rashōmon
is also a
1959
Broadway
play
by Fay and Michael Kanin, produced by David Susskind and based on the Kurosawa film.
See also:
Suzakumon Gate
, the city's other gate
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