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Originally Posted by tqpix
I ordered Rashomon a few days ago. I haven't seen it yet, but I ordered it mainly because of the message it presents--what is truth?
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After watching the movie what I felt was, there is nothing like absolute truth. Concept of truth is expressed by human beings. And in the form of expression, lies the fallacy as his own thoughts, the way he sees things and interprets will automatically embellish the expression. The technique adopted here is brilliant. Usually in a film, an incident is shown from the director's point of view. Hence, when the same incident is shown from another character's POV even though it may be shown differently, the viewer is left in no doubt about the true nature of the incident. Here, Kurosawa shows the same incidents from the characters' POV. He even shows it from a ghost/spirit's POV. But at the end of the film, the viewer is still left wondering as to what truly happened. The riddle is never solved. And that is the message. Hope I was clear. Actually, my answer will seem a riddle unless you watch the film.