RASHOMON
by Faye and Michael Kanin
based on two tales by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Japan, about a thousand years ago: A samurai is dead, his wife has been raped, a bandit is arrested and proudly confesses to the deed. But the wife's story is different, and that of the murdered samurai,speaking from the realm of the dead, is different again. Who has been lying, and why?
Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa skillfully merged two tales by Ryunosuke Akutagawa for his famous film"Rashomon". The play we perform is based on this script which was congenially adapted for the stage by the Kanins.
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Performances were from January 24 to 27, 2006 at, 7.30 pm every night.at SG-Aula as usual, Geibelstr. 41, Duisburg-Neudorf
At the Rashomon gate. A priest on the run from priesthood. a confused woodcutter and a hard-boiled wigmaker share a story ...
from the police court, told by the arrested suspect himself. Tajomaru "explains"...
Three people huddled around a fire seeking shelter from the rain at the ruins of the once great Rashomon gate, talk about what they heard at the police court the day before : A samurai was killed with a sword - but the sword has not been found. His wife was raped. Before the magistrate, a proud bandit claims to have committed both crimes - but the wife's story does not confirm this. And what would her husband say if he were to speak from the realm of the dead? A medium is called in, to conjure up his soul voice.
The samurai's spirit, however, tells a very different tale, leaving everyone confused - except a secret eyewitness who had been hiding in a bush. Can he be trusted to tell the truth? More questions arise - four separate killings were described, but there is still only one victim. Which three people were lying, and why? Or are all the stories lies?
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