Commoner: It's human to lie. Most of the time we can't even be honest with ourselves.
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.
Woodcutter: You selfish...
Commoner: What's wrong with that? Dogs are better off in this world. If you're not selfish, you can't survive.
Woodcutter: Damn it. Everyone is selfish and dishonest. Making excuses. The bandit, the woman, the man, and you!
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.
Woodcutter: I'm the one who should be ashamed. I don't understand my own soul.
Commoner: Well, men are only men. That's why they lie. They can't tell the truth, even to themselves.
Priest: That may be true. Because men are weak, they lie to deceive themselves.
Commoner: Not another sermon! I don't mind a lie if it's interesting.
Priest: A human life is truly as frail and fleeting as the morning dew.
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.
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.
Priest: Dead men tell no lies.
Tajômaru: I saw the couple three days ago. It was a hot afternoon. Suddenly a cool breeze rustle the leaves. If it hadn't been for that wind, I wouldn't have killed him.
Tajômaru: I already had you, but I only want you more. It's very hard. I beg you to be my wife.
Masako: A man has to make a woman his by his sword.
Tajômaru: I had never seen such fierceness in a woman.
Woodcutter: I don't understand. I just don't understand. I don't understand it at all. I just don't understand.
