Kurosawa focused on the "Yabu no Naka" adaptation and, acting on his advice, Hashimoto completed an adaptation of another Akutagawa's short novel "Rashomon" (Rasho-mon Gate).
黒澤は『藪の中』の脚色作品に注目、黒澤の助言により芥川の同じ短編小説『羅生門(小説)』も加えて完成。