Rashomon, the south gate of Kyoto, Japan. The walking monk, woodcutter and beggar sheltered from the rain under the city gate. The three chatted, the topic began, and the prologue of the story opened: when a samurai and his wife passed by a barren mountain, they encountered an accident. The wife was insulted, and the samurai was brutally killed. The thieves, the wives of the samurai, and the dead souls of the samurai all have their own opinions. There is only one truth, but the purpose of each person's testimony is also different. In order to beautify their own morals, alleviate their own sins, and conceal their own faults, everyone began to narrate a version of the story that beautified themselves. The tragedy on the barren mountain has become a cloud of invisible fog. After the discussion, the rain passed and the weather cleared. The woodcutter found a crying abandoned baby beside Rashomon. He decided to adopt the abandoned baby, so he walked deep into the sunset with the baby in his arms.
Rashomon movie plot
2021-11-13 08:01
Extended Reading
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Haskell 2022-03-22 09:01:34
Lying is to cover up weakness, and where there is weakness there is a lie. And Akira Kurosawa still chose hope after insight into human nature, and the ending is a stroke of genius. The language of the lens can't be better~
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Rosemary 2022-03-21 09:01:40
The story itself is not that complicated, and multiple versions, selfish or pitiful, are derived from personal perspectives, and multiple parallel narratives make the truth unravel and add suspense at the same time. Black and white does not limit the story to the brilliance of the story, and the two actors, Shimura Joe and Mifune Toshiro, are impressive. Master Kurosawa is amazing!
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Masako: [laughing hysterically] It's you two who are weak!
[to Takehiro]
Masako: If you are my husband, kill this man, then you can tell me to kill myself! But you're not a real man. That is why I was crying. I'm tired of this farce.
[She continues laughing, and turns to Tajomaru]
Masako: I thought Tajomaru might find some way out.
[She clutches the bandit by his rags]
Masako: I thought that if he would save me I would do anything for him! I wanted you to take me away. I would have been yours!
[She spits in his face and laughs again]
Masako: But he's not a man, either. He's just like my husband.
[Tajomaru cringes]
Masako: Remember, a woman loves a real man only. She can be won only by the strength of your swords.
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Woodcutter: It's a lie. It's all a lie. Tajômaru's story and the woman's.
Commoner: It's human nature to lie. Most of the time we can't even be honest with ourselves.
Priest: That may be. But it's because men are weak that they lie, even to themselves.
Commoner: Not another sermon. I don't care if it's a lie, as long as it's entertaining. What story did the woman come up with?
Priest: Well, it's completely different from Tajômaru's story. So different that her face didn't even show the fierceness he spoke of. She was so docile, she was almost pitiful.