Rashomon

Titolo originale: 羅生門
Regia: Akira Kurosawa |
Anno: 1950
Origine: Japan |
Generi: Crime Dramma Mistero
Tag: dying and death | japan | samurai | rape | court case | court | truth | rain | woodcutter | subjectivity | medium | sunlight | black and white | criminal | based on short story | multiple perspectives | jidaigeki | thoughtful | philosophical | human nature | witness account | heian period | rashomon effect |
Cast: Toshirō Mifune | Machiko Kyō | Takashi Shimura | Masayuki Mori | Minoru Chiaki | Kichijirō Ueda | Noriko Honma | Daisuke Katō |

Kyoto, periodo Heian. Un boscaiolo, un monaco e un vagabondo si interrogano su una vicenda, l'assassinio di un samurai e lo stupro di sua moglie per mano del bandito Tajômaru, che li ha coinvolti come testimoni. Mentre si susseguono le dichiarazioni dei protagonisti davanti a un tribunale sulla loro versione dei fatti, la verità anziché emergere sembra vieppiù allontanarsi. In un Giappone ancora dilaniato dai lasciti del dopoguerra, Kurosawa Akira ritorna a un'altra epoca di morte e sofferenza, quel periodo Heian in cui di fronte alla porta del tempio di Rashô non scorrevano che sangue, violenza e frode.

Frasi

Masako: A man has to make a woman his by his sword [...] D
Commoner: It sounded interesting, at least while I [...] D
Woodcutter: I don't understand. I just don't under [...] D
Woodcutter: I'm the one who should be ashamed. I d [...] D
Priest: It's horrifying. If men don't trust each o [...] D
Commoner: Women use their tears to fool everyone. [...] D
Tajômaru: [Recalls luring the wife to the grove [...] D
Masako: What should a poor, helpless woman like me [...] D
Tajômaru: I saw the couple three days ago. It w [...] D
Priest: A man's been murdered. Commoner: So what? [...] D
Tajômaru: [recalling staring transfixed at the [...] D
Masako: [laughing hysterically] It's you two who a [...] D
Commoner: But is there anyone who's really good? M [...] D
Priest: I don't want to hear it. No more horror st [...] D
Priest: A human life is truly as frail and fleetin [...] D
Priest: War, earthquake, winds, fire, famine, the [...] D
Masako: Wherever. Take me wherever you want. D
Masako: A woman loves a man who loves passionately [...] D
Woodcutter: You selfish... Commoner: What's wrong [...] D
Masako: Wait! Stop! Either you die or my husband d [...] D
Commoner: It's human to lie. Most of the time we c [...] D
Tajômaru: [Presenting his sword to the husband] [...] D
Priest: Dead men tell no lies. D
Commoner: Well, men are only men. That's why they [...] D
Masako: Kill that person, please! D
Woodcutter: It's a lie. It's all a lie. Tajômar [...] D
Commoner: We all want to forget something, so we t [...] D
Tajômaru: I had never seen such fierceness in a [...] D
Commoner: No one tells a lie after he's said he's [...] D
Tajômaru: I already had you, but I only want yo [...] D