The Truth Is In The Mystery.

Of All My Films, People Wrote To Me Most About This One... ...i Had Wanted To Make The Idiot Long Before Rashomon. Since I Was Little I've Liked Russian Literature, But I Find That I Like Dostoevsky The Best And Had Long Thought That This Book Would Make A Wonderful Film. He Is Still My Favourite Author, And He Is The One - I Still Think - Who Writes Most Honestly About Human Existence.

I Am Not A Special Person, I Am Not Especially Strong; I Am Not Especially Gifted. I Simply Do Not Like To Show My Weakness, And I Hate To Lose, So I Am A Person Who Tries Hard. That's All There Is To Me.

Human Beings Are Unable To Be Honest With Themselves About Themselves. They Cannot Talk About Themselves Without Embellishing.

For Me, Filmmaking Combines Everything. That's The Reason I've Made Cinema My Life's Work. In Films, Painting And Literature, Theatre And Music Come Together. But A Film Is Still A Film.

There Is Something That Might Be Called Cinematic Beauty. It Can Only Be Expressed In A Film, And It Must Be Present For That Film To Be A Moving Work. When It Is Very Well Expressed, One Experiences A Particularly Deep Emotion While Watching That Film. I Believe That It Is This Quality That Draws People To Come And See A Film, And That It Is The Hope Of Attaining This Quality That Inspires The Filmmaker To Make His Film In The First Place.