Another Kurosawa classic that continues to haunt and fascinate. Set in Heian-era Japan, Rashomon plunges you into a world of moral decay from the very start—opening on a terrible storm at the ruined Rashomon gate. Three men—the woodcutter, the commoner, and the priest—take shelter as nature’s fury mirrors the chaos in human souls. The priest even waxes poetic about men being murdered like insects amid successive disasters—a bleak reflection on humanity’s fragility.
From the opening moments, the film’s greatness is…
