Masako: A man has to make a woman his by his sword.
Commoner: We all want to forget something, so we tell stories. It's easier that way.
Priest: Dead men tell no lies.
Woodcutter: I don't understand. I just don't understand. I don't understand it at all. I just don't understand.
Commoner: It's human to lie. Most of the time we can't even be honest with ourselves.
Tajômaru: I had never seen such fierceness in a woman.
Priest: It's horrifying. If men don't trust each other, this earth might as well be hell.
Commoner: That's right. The world's a kind of hell.
Priest: No! I believe in men. I don't want this place to be hell.
Commoner: Shouting doesn't help. Think about it. Out of these three, whose story is believable?
Woodcutter: No idea.
Commoner: In the end, you cannot understand the things men do.
Priest: A human life is truly as frail and fleeting as the morning dew.
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.
Priest: 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 worse than bandits, the plague, famine, fire or wars.
Tajômaru: I already had you, but I only want you more. It's very hard. I beg you to be my wife.
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.
Commoner: Women use their tears to fool everyone. They even fool themselves.
Masako: Wherever. Take me wherever you want.
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.
