Priest
A human life is truly as frail and fleeting as the morning dew.
Played by Minoru Chiaki 
Rashomon (1950) · 21 quotes
Rashomon (1950) · 21 quotes
War, earthquake, winds, fire, famine, the plague. Year after year, it's been nothing but disasters. And bandits descend upon us every night. I've seen so many men getting killed like insects, but even I have never heard a story as horrible as this. Yes. So horrible. This time, I may finally lose my faith in the human soul. It's worse than bandits, the plague, famine, fire or wars.
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Priest
Dead men tell no lies.
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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.
