How do Kurosawa's themes apply to modern storytelling?
The human condition, the struggle between good and evil, the search for truth in a world of confusion – these are not bound by time. The moral ambiguities I explored in 'Rashomon' are as relevant today as they were in 1950. People still grapple with their own perspectives, their own narratives. The desire for meaning, the need to confront one's own mortality, as in 'Ikiru,' these are eternal questions. In a world that often feels chaotic, where appearances can be deceiving, the artist's role remains to confront these complexities, to hold up a mirror, not always to provide answers, but to provoke thoughtful observation. A film is not a message; it is a question.
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