A woodcutter and a priest is sitting beneath Rashōmon gate to stay dry in a downpour. A commoner joins them and they tell him that they've witnessed a disturbing story, which they then begin recounting to him. The woodcutter claims he found the body of a murdered samurai three days earlier while looking for wood in the forest; upon discovering the body, he says, he fled in a panic to notify the authorities. The priest says that he saw the samurai and the woman traveling the same day the murder happened. Both men were then summoned to testify in court, where they met the captured bandit Tajōmaru, who claimed responsibility for the rape and murder.
With Rashomon, Akira Kurosawa became a worldwide star. Considered one of his ultimate masterpieces, the film features an original story with screenplay way ahead of its time and a superb Toshiro Mifune in the lead role. Mifune was told by Kurosawa to act like a lion, so one of the biggest pleasures with the film is seeing his absolutely savage performance. A shining gem in Asian cinema.
Genre: Crime/Drama/Mystery
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