Film Analysis Of Rashomon

Rashomon is a film which through a series of flashbacks, unfold the account of the murder trial of a bandit accused of killing a samurai and the rape of his wife in the forest one evening. The series of various flashbacks give distinctive narratives. For instance, we see the court testimony of the first man, who found the samurai’s dead body and reported it to the police, a priest who happened to be walking by the scene, the bandit, the samurai 's wife and even the samurai himself, whose apparition is channeled by a medium. However, it is not like each story is a piece of a puzzle since every eyewitness gives incompatible versions of the occasion. This gives the dubious conclusion that the reality of what genuinely happened in the woods that afternoon may never be known especially since each eyewitness recounts the story in an

This demonstrates that he himself wants to be perceived as being the victim as well. His story is that I have just been dishonored, my wife has betrayed me which implies I have motivation to continue living. Nonetheless, it is very important to note that in the end the medium said, “Everything got dark, everything got quiet, and I heard someone slowly walk up beside me, stood there for a while, and slowly pulled the dagger from my chest.” If this story is true, whoever pulled the dagger presumably thought that he was dead and all he wants to do is steal this valuable dagger. Which is where the first guy comes into because in the beginning of the film, he claimed that the only information that he has is that he found the dead body in the forest. However, when he was questioned about the missing dagger, he became very defensive. Is it because he was the one who pulled the dagger out? Or is he simply reacting with horror to this awful story? Again, we may never