Rashomon
Truth beyond Rashomon
Do people never lie? Many philosophers have argued about human nature over the many centuries. Human do lie naturally. It is very hard, or even impossible, task to never lie in a lifetime as a human. The movie Rashomon describes about an indefinable truth in a case by different witnesses. The complete truth is veiled by varied lies of witnesses. Why do they lie? What do they lie for? These are questions arising as the movie shows different witnesses. Rashomon explores the hidden truth by lies based on human nature of desire, punishment, class structure and gender inequality.
People do lie for their desire. Criminal mentions that he has killed the husband during an honorable sword fight. This witness will increase his reputation as a great bandit to many people. Since he knows that he will be executed, he would not care about anything like justice or truth for future. All he cares about is how to make his value as high as possible before his execution at......
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