Commoner
It sounded interesting, at least while I kept out of the rain. But if it's a sermon, I'd sooner listen to the rain.
Played by Kichijirō Ueda 
Rashomon (1950) · 21 quotes
Rashomon (1950) · 21 quotes
If men lie in this world, what makes you so sure they'll be honest in the next?
More lines from Commoner
5 quotes Commoner
Commoner
No one tells a lie after he's said he's going to tell one.
Commoner
We all want to forget something, so we tell stories. It's easier that way.
Commoner
Women use their tears to fool everyone. They even fool themselves.
Commoner
I wanted to hear a story, not one of your sermons.
Scenes with Commoner
6 scenes Commoner
But is there anyone who's really good? Maybe goodness is just make-believe.
Priest
What a frightening...
Commoner
Man just wants to forget the bad stuff, and believe in the made-up good stuff. It's easier that way.
Priest
If men don't trust each other, this Earth might as well be hell.
Commoner
Right. The world's a kind of hell.
Priest
No! I don't want to believe that!
Commoner
No one will hear you, no matter how loud you shout. Just think. Which one of these stories do you believe?
Woodcutter
None makes any sense.
Commoner
In the end, you cannot understand the things men do.
Priest
I don't want to hear it. No more horror stories.
Commoner
They are common stories these days. I even heard that the demon living here in Rashômon fled in fear of the ferocity of man.
Priest
A man's been murdered.
Commoner
So what? Only one? Why, up on top of this gate, there's always five or six bodies. No one worries about them.
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.
Woodcutter
Selfish!
Commoner
What's wrong with that? That's the way we are, the way we live. You just can't live unless you're what you call selfish.
Woodcutter
Damn it. Everyone is selfish and dishonest. Making excuses. The bandit, the woman, the man, and you!
