1 00:00:01,818 --> 00:00:05,811 RASHOMON 2 00:00:18,768 --> 00:00:22,761 Based on "In a Grove" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa 3 00:00:22,839 --> 00:00:27,276 Screenplay by Akira Kurosawa and Shinobu Hashimoto 4 00:00:27,343 --> 00:00:31,302 Cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa 5 00:01:04,581 --> 00:01:07,709 Starring 6 00:01:07,817 --> 00:01:10,217 Toshiro Mifune 7 00:01:10,353 --> 00:01:12,787 Machiko Kyo 8 00:01:12,889 --> 00:01:15,084 Takashi Shimura 9 00:01:15,225 --> 00:01:17,659 Masayuki Mori 10 00:01:17,727 --> 00:01:20,127 Minoru Chiaki 11 00:01:26,836 --> 00:01:33,105 Directed by Akira Kurosawa 12 00:02:12,282 --> 00:02:16,446 I don't understand... I just don't understand. 13 00:03:01,231 --> 00:03:04,223 I don't understand it at all. 14 00:03:07,136 --> 00:03:08,763 I just don't understand. 15 00:03:30,226 --> 00:03:31,420 What's wrong? 16 00:03:35,031 --> 00:03:36,396 What don't you understand? 17 00:03:40,470 --> 00:03:43,064 I've never heard such a strange story. 18 00:03:43,973 --> 00:03:45,372 Why don't you tell me about it? 19 00:03:47,043 --> 00:03:51,446 We happen to have a wise priest in our midst. 20 00:03:53,883 --> 00:03:59,014 No, not even the renowned, wise priest from Kiyomizu Temple 21 00:04:00,356 --> 00:04:03,553 has heard a story as strange as this. 22 00:04:03,927 --> 00:04:08,091 So you know something about this strange story? 23 00:04:08,898 --> 00:04:13,801 This man and I have just seen it and heard it ourselves. 24 00:04:14,237 --> 00:04:17,968 - Where? - In the courthouse garden. 25 00:04:18,441 --> 00:04:19,908 The courthouse? 26 00:04:21,878 --> 00:04:23,937 A man was murdered. 27 00:04:24,447 --> 00:04:27,211 Just one? So what? 28 00:04:28,885 --> 00:04:36,018 On top of this gate, you'll find at least five or six unclaimed bodies. 29 00:04:37,093 --> 00:04:39,186 You're right. 30 00:04:39,295 --> 00:04:43,891 War, earthquake, winds, 31 00:04:45,234 --> 00:04:49,261 fire, famine, the plague... 32 00:04:49,439 --> 00:04:52,567 Year after year, it's been nothing but disasters. 33 00:04:57,847 --> 00:05:02,409 And bandits descend upon us every night. 34 00:05:04,153 --> 00:05:11,491 I've seen so many men getting killed like insects, 35 00:05:13,329 --> 00:05:19,461 but even I have never heard a story as horrible as this. 36 00:05:25,575 --> 00:05:29,204 Yes. So horrible. 37 00:05:33,216 --> 00:05:39,086 This time, I may finally lose my faith in the human soul. 38 00:05:40,390 --> 00:05:44,588 It's worse than bandits, the plague, 39 00:05:45,161 --> 00:05:51,396 famine, fire, or war. 40 00:05:52,435 --> 00:05:54,995 Look here, priest. 41 00:05:55,605 --> 00:05:57,903 Enough with the sermon. 42 00:05:57,974 --> 00:06:01,637 It sounded interesting, at least while I kept out of the rain. 43 00:06:02,412 --> 00:06:06,371 But if it's a sermon, I'd sooner listen to the rain. 44 00:06:38,181 --> 00:06:43,551 Hear me out. Maybe you can tell me what it means. 45 00:06:43,686 --> 00:06:48,020 I don't understand any of those three. 46 00:06:48,191 --> 00:06:50,318 - Which three? - Well... 47 00:06:51,227 --> 00:06:54,287 I'll tell you about them. 48 00:06:54,430 --> 00:06:56,660 Calm down and tell me slowly. 49 00:06:58,267 --> 00:07:01,464 The rain's not going to stop any time soon. 50 00:07:02,572 --> 00:07:05,132 RASHOMON 51 00:07:21,991 --> 00:07:23,686 It was three days ago. 52 00:07:24,460 --> 00:07:28,294 I went into the mountains to get wood. 53 00:11:10,386 --> 00:11:12,616 I ran as fast as I could to tell the police. 54 00:11:13,689 --> 00:11:17,955 Then, three days later... today... I was called to testify. 55 00:11:20,629 --> 00:11:23,359 Yes. That's right. 56 00:11:27,336 --> 00:11:32,865 I was the one who first found the body. 57 00:11:33,275 --> 00:11:36,438 What? Did I see a sword or something? 58 00:11:36,512 --> 00:11:39,345 No, nothing at all. 59 00:11:41,550 --> 00:11:44,383 Just a woman's hat caught on a branch, 60 00:11:45,721 --> 00:11:49,282 and the cap of a samurai that had been trampled on. 61 00:11:49,892 --> 00:11:53,623 There was a cut-up piece of rope near the body, 62 00:11:55,464 --> 00:12:02,597 and further along in the leaves, a shiny amulet case with red lining. 63 00:12:02,705 --> 00:12:04,434 Yes. 64 00:12:05,775 --> 00:12:11,407 That was all I found, yes. 65 00:12:12,948 --> 00:12:14,643 Yes. 66 00:12:16,385 --> 00:12:21,049 I met the murdered man before his death. 67 00:12:22,425 --> 00:12:28,022 It was three days ago, in the afternoon. 68 00:12:29,899 --> 00:12:34,029 On the road from Sekiyama to Yamashina. 69 00:12:52,121 --> 00:12:58,651 The woman had a veil, so I couldn't see her face. 70 00:12:59,862 --> 00:13:06,597 The man was armed with a sword, as well as a bow and arrows. 71 00:13:10,606 --> 00:13:17,569 Little did I expect that he would meet such a fate. 72 00:13:19,949 --> 00:13:26,650 A human life is truly as frail and fleeting as the morning dew. 73 00:13:29,391 --> 00:13:33,384 What a shame that his should end this way. 74 00:13:33,762 --> 00:13:36,356 I'm sorry. 75 00:13:39,969 --> 00:13:44,463 This man I caught is Tajomaru. 76 00:13:45,641 --> 00:13:50,669 Yes, the notorious bandit everyone speaks of. 77 00:13:53,148 --> 00:13:57,983 The last time I almost caught him, he looked the same 78 00:13:58,153 --> 00:14:00,621 and he carried that same sword. 79 00:14:03,025 --> 00:14:07,189 It was two days ago at dusk, by the banks of the Katsura... 80 00:14:24,380 --> 00:14:28,077 What's wrong? 81 00:14:39,495 --> 00:14:43,226 There were 17 arrows with eagle feathers, 82 00:14:43,432 --> 00:14:47,869 a leather bow, and a horse. 83 00:14:48,804 --> 00:14:52,706 All these belonged to the dead man, yes. 84 00:14:54,843 --> 00:15:00,110 The irony ofTajomaru being thrown off his stolen horse, 85 00:15:00,716 --> 00:15:02,877 this had to be fateful retribution. 86 00:15:11,260 --> 00:15:15,629 I fell off the horse? You fool! 87 00:15:19,902 --> 00:15:21,460 On that day... 88 00:15:30,679 --> 00:15:33,170 I was riding that horse and I was suddenly very thirsty. 89 00:15:34,717 --> 00:15:36,810 So around Osaka, I drank from a spring. 90 00:15:49,999 --> 00:15:52,763 There must have been a dead poisonous snake upstream. 91 00:15:53,268 --> 00:15:56,601 After a while, I got an incredible stomachache. 92 00:15:57,539 --> 00:16:01,942 By the time I came to the river, I couldn't hold it any longer. 93 00:16:03,112 --> 00:16:06,912 So I got off the horse and crouched in the field. 94 00:16:12,054 --> 00:16:14,545 I fell off? 95 00:16:15,658 --> 00:16:17,751 Obviously, a fool can think only foolish thoughts. 96 00:16:21,063 --> 00:16:24,294 I know sooner or later you'll have my neck, 97 00:16:25,567 --> 00:16:27,592 so I'm not going to hide anything. 98 00:16:30,673 --> 00:16:33,198 It was this Tajomaru who killed that man. 99 00:16:36,612 --> 00:16:40,070 I saw that couple three days ago. It was a hot afternoon. 100 00:16:41,050 --> 00:16:44,679 Suddenly a cool breeze rustled the leaves. 101 00:16:46,055 --> 00:16:50,822 If it hadn't been for that wind, I wouldn't have killed him. 102 00:19:24,913 --> 00:19:29,111 I caught a glimpse and then she was gone. 103 00:19:30,219 --> 00:19:32,084 Maybe that's why. 104 00:19:32,521 --> 00:19:35,922 I thought I saw a goddess. 105 00:19:36,458 --> 00:19:39,825 At that moment I decided to capture her, even if I had to kill her man. 106 00:19:43,332 --> 00:19:48,360 But if I could have her without killing, all the better. 107 00:19:48,971 --> 00:19:54,068 My intention then was to take her without killing the man. 108 00:19:56,345 --> 00:19:59,837 But I couldn't do it on that road to Yamashina. 109 00:20:17,032 --> 00:20:18,124 What do you want? 110 00:20:31,813 --> 00:20:32,837 What do you want? 111 00:20:44,126 --> 00:20:45,184 What is it? 112 00:21:06,048 --> 00:21:07,811 Don't be suspicious. 113 00:21:11,353 --> 00:21:13,378 See? Isn't this nice? 114 00:21:16,425 --> 00:21:18,017 Take a good look at it. 115 00:21:25,267 --> 00:21:28,964 There are some ruins over there. 116 00:21:30,005 --> 00:21:35,807 When I dug up the mound, I found a heap of swords and mirrors. 117 00:21:36,411 --> 00:21:40,472 I buried them in a grove behind the mountain so no one else would find them. 118 00:21:42,317 --> 00:21:45,411 If you're interested, I'll sell them to you cheap. 119 00:23:21,216 --> 00:23:22,513 It's over there. 120 00:23:25,487 --> 00:23:26,647 Walk ahead of me. 121 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,467 It's here. Beyond those pines. 122 00:26:09,084 --> 00:26:13,180 Your husband has taken sick. 123 00:26:21,263 --> 00:26:28,135 Her face turned pale. She stared at me with frozen eyes, 124 00:26:28,403 --> 00:26:32,100 her expression intense like a child's. 125 00:26:33,475 --> 00:26:37,878 When I saw that, I envied the man and I suddenly hated him. 126 00:26:38,780 --> 00:26:42,876 I wanted to show her how pathetic he looked tied to that pine tree. 127 00:26:43,518 --> 00:26:47,818 These thoughts that weren't there before filled my head. 128 00:28:22,851 --> 00:28:25,285 I had never seen such fierceness in a woman. 129 00:30:48,596 --> 00:30:52,862 And so I had succeeded in having her without killing her husband. 130 00:30:57,672 --> 00:31:02,405 I still had no intention of killing him. 131 00:31:04,078 --> 00:31:05,670 But then... 132 00:31:07,682 --> 00:31:09,411 Wait! 133 00:31:10,818 --> 00:31:12,445 Stop! 134 00:31:13,454 --> 00:31:17,857 Either you die or my husband dies. 135 00:31:18,693 --> 00:31:20,854 One of you must die. 136 00:31:31,639 --> 00:31:36,838 To have my shame known to two men is worse than dying. 137 00:31:40,148 --> 00:31:48,578 I will go with the survivor. 138 00:34:43,898 --> 00:34:46,867 So I had to kill him, but I wanted to do it honorably. 139 00:34:47,335 --> 00:34:51,795 He fought very well. We crossed swords 23 times. 140 00:34:53,007 --> 00:34:57,706 I remember this because I'm still impressed. 141 00:34:58,379 --> 00:35:01,940 No one had ever crossed swords with me more than 20 times. 142 00:35:06,387 --> 00:35:09,015 What? The woman? 143 00:35:11,292 --> 00:35:13,385 I don't know. 144 00:35:14,028 --> 00:35:19,728 When the man died, I turned to her. She was gone. 145 00:35:21,269 --> 00:35:25,706 The fighting must have scared her and she ran away. 146 00:35:26,741 --> 00:35:29,232 I ran out to the mountain road. 147 00:35:29,410 --> 00:35:32,379 All I found was her horse grazing calmly. 148 00:35:34,081 --> 00:35:37,915 I was attracted to her fierce spirit, 149 00:35:38,085 --> 00:35:42,021 but, after all, she was just like other women. 150 00:35:42,723 --> 00:35:44,486 I didn't even look for her. 151 00:35:47,862 --> 00:35:50,353 What? His sword? 152 00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:54,894 I exchanged it in town for liquor. 153 00:35:56,470 --> 00:35:59,337 What? Her dagger? 154 00:36:01,976 --> 00:36:08,211 It had pearl inlay. Looked very valuable. 155 00:36:09,217 --> 00:36:14,280 I totally forgot about it. That was foolish. 156 00:36:15,156 --> 00:36:17,124 The biggest mistake I ever made! 157 00:36:39,347 --> 00:36:45,115 Even amongst the bandits, Tajomaru is famous for being a womanizer. 158 00:36:47,021 --> 00:36:52,118 Why, last fall, a young wife went to the temple and she and her maid 159 00:36:52,293 --> 00:36:57,993 were found dead in the mountains. That must have been him too. 160 00:37:04,939 --> 00:37:09,308 Who knows what really happened to that woman who left her horse? 161 00:37:15,483 --> 00:37:18,816 Well, that woman showed up at the courthouse. 162 00:37:22,256 --> 00:37:28,217 She was hiding in the temple when the police found her. 163 00:37:28,462 --> 00:37:30,054 It's a lie. 164 00:37:30,932 --> 00:37:34,527 It's all a lie. Tajomaru's story and the woman's. 165 00:37:35,870 --> 00:37:37,997 It's human to lie. 166 00:37:42,343 --> 00:37:45,540 Most of the time we can't even be honest with ourselves. 167 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:47,507 That may be. 168 00:37:53,521 --> 00:38:02,156 But it's because men are weak that they lie, even to themselves. 169 00:38:02,330 --> 00:38:04,264 Not another sermon. 170 00:38:05,266 --> 00:38:09,532 I don't care if it's a lie, as long as it's entertaining. 171 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,035 What story did the woman come up with? 172 00:38:16,243 --> 00:38:21,180 Well, it's completely different from Tajomaru's story. 173 00:38:23,451 --> 00:38:30,948 So different that her face didn't even show the fierceness he spoke of. 174 00:38:38,265 --> 00:38:41,257 She was so docile, she was almost pitiful. 175 00:39:10,398 --> 00:39:12,389 That man in the blue kimono, 176 00:39:15,936 --> 00:39:18,632 after forcing me to yield to him, 177 00:39:20,074 --> 00:39:25,512 proudly announced that he was the infamous Tajomaru, 178 00:39:28,682 --> 00:39:33,142 and laughed mockingly at my husband who was tied up. 179 00:39:44,198 --> 00:39:51,969 How horrified my husband must have been. 180 00:39:55,443 --> 00:39:58,503 The more he struggled, 181 00:40:01,382 --> 00:40:08,550 the tighter the ropes dug in. 182 00:40:11,692 --> 00:40:18,325 I ran to his side. Or rather, I tried to. 183 00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:12,601 Even now, when I think of his eyes, 184 00:42:14,181 --> 00:42:18,117 my blood turns cold in my veins. 185 00:42:21,855 --> 00:42:26,292 What I saw in them was neither anger, 186 00:42:27,695 --> 00:42:29,253 nor sorrow, 187 00:42:30,698 --> 00:42:39,538 but a cold light, a look of loathing. 188 00:42:47,248 --> 00:42:48,806 Don't. 189 00:42:49,683 --> 00:42:51,776 Don't look at me like that. 190 00:42:56,890 --> 00:42:58,357 It's too cruel. 191 00:43:00,127 --> 00:43:02,186 Beat me, 192 00:43:03,197 --> 00:43:09,796 kill me, but don't look at me like that. Please, stop. 193 00:44:34,521 --> 00:44:36,614 Now kill me. 194 00:44:37,725 --> 00:44:40,193 Kill me at once. 195 00:45:14,361 --> 00:45:15,760 Stop. 196 00:45:17,331 --> 00:45:19,356 Don't. 197 00:45:24,438 --> 00:45:25,928 Please don't. 198 00:46:09,883 --> 00:46:15,788 I must have fainted after that. 199 00:46:25,432 --> 00:46:27,866 When I came to and looked around... 200 00:46:36,577 --> 00:46:39,011 Imagine my shock. 201 00:46:55,863 --> 00:47:04,066 I saw my dagger in my dead husband's chest. 202 00:47:18,785 --> 00:47:22,118 I was in shock 203 00:47:25,392 --> 00:47:28,156 and I don't remember how I left the woods. 204 00:47:34,501 --> 00:47:36,662 But when I came to, 205 00:47:40,541 --> 00:47:42,509 I was standing by the pond, 206 00:47:44,111 --> 00:47:45,908 at the foot of the hill. 207 00:47:53,453 --> 00:47:55,512 I threw myself into the pond. 208 00:47:57,724 --> 00:48:01,660 I tried many different things. 209 00:48:03,530 --> 00:48:07,796 But I failed to kill myself. 210 00:48:20,180 --> 00:48:31,682 What should a poor, helpless woman like me do? 211 00:49:07,294 --> 00:49:10,695 I see. The more I hear, the more confused I get. 212 00:49:13,634 --> 00:49:16,797 But women use their tears to fool everyone. 213 00:49:17,537 --> 00:49:19,198 They even fool themselves. 214 00:49:20,841 --> 00:49:24,072 So you have to beware of the woman's story. 215 00:49:26,279 --> 00:49:28,747 When you hear the dead man's story... 216 00:49:29,650 --> 00:49:34,713 He's dead. How can he tell his story? 217 00:49:35,689 --> 00:49:37,554 He spoke through a medium. 218 00:49:39,559 --> 00:49:43,188 Lies. His story was also lies. 219 00:49:45,999 --> 00:49:50,163 But dead men don't lie. 220 00:49:51,171 --> 00:49:52,934 Why is that? 221 00:49:54,941 --> 00:49:57,876 I refuse to believe that man would be so sinful. 222 00:49:59,613 --> 00:50:00,944 Suit yourself. 223 00:50:02,015 --> 00:50:03,983 But is there anyone who's really good? 224 00:50:04,851 --> 00:50:07,820 Maybe goodness is just make-believe. 225 00:50:07,888 --> 00:50:10,083 What a frightening... 226 00:50:10,891 --> 00:50:13,359 Man just wants to forget the bad stuff 227 00:50:14,294 --> 00:50:16,592 and believe in the made-up good stuff. 228 00:50:16,897 --> 00:50:19,195 It's easier that way. - Ridiculous. 229 00:50:23,036 --> 00:50:24,697 Nevermind. 230 00:50:24,805 --> 00:50:27,569 Let's hear the dead man's story. 231 00:51:15,122 --> 00:51:18,387 I am in darkness now. 232 00:51:18,658 --> 00:51:23,027 I am suffering in the dark. 233 00:51:23,897 --> 00:51:28,732 Cursed be those who cast me into this dark hell. 234 00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:13,837 After the bandit attacked my wife, he tried to console her. 235 00:52:15,348 --> 00:52:20,786 She sat on the leaves, staring down at her knees. 236 00:52:22,122 --> 00:52:24,920 The bandit was cunning. 237 00:52:25,926 --> 00:52:28,224 Now that her virtue was stained, 238 00:52:28,361 --> 00:52:30,886 she could no longer be with her husband. 239 00:52:31,031 --> 00:52:34,262 Leave the husband and why not marry him instead? 240 00:52:35,001 --> 00:52:38,732 He said he only attacked her out of his love for her. 241 00:52:40,373 --> 00:52:45,003 When she heard that, my wife raised her face as if in a trance. 242 00:52:51,751 --> 00:52:57,246 She had never looked so beautiful. 243 00:53:04,030 --> 00:53:10,765 And what was my beautiful wife's response to the bandit 244 00:53:12,105 --> 00:53:14,096 in front of her helpless husband? 245 00:53:17,510 --> 00:53:19,273 Wherever. 246 00:53:22,082 --> 00:53:24,482 Take me wherever you want. 247 00:53:26,519 --> 00:53:28,783 That's what she said. 248 00:53:32,058 --> 00:53:34,526 But that wasn't her only sin 249 00:53:35,428 --> 00:53:39,489 or I wouldn't be suffering in the dark like this. 250 00:53:54,848 --> 00:53:56,338 Please kill him. 251 00:53:57,017 --> 00:53:59,781 While he's alive, I cannot go with you. 252 00:54:00,887 --> 00:54:02,354 Kill him! 253 00:54:04,157 --> 00:54:08,150 Those words were like a wind that 254 00:54:08,561 --> 00:54:11,928 threatened to blow me into the depths of darkness. 255 00:54:17,203 --> 00:54:24,974 Has such a hateful thing ever been uttered by a human before? 256 00:54:25,412 --> 00:54:29,246 Even the bandit turned pale at those words. 257 00:54:30,884 --> 00:54:35,378 Please kill him. 258 00:55:10,957 --> 00:55:14,017 What do you want me to do with her? 259 00:55:15,462 --> 00:55:20,365 Kill her or save her? You only have to nod. 260 00:55:24,404 --> 00:55:30,536 For these words alone, I was ready to pardon his crime. 261 00:55:33,847 --> 00:55:39,285 Kill her or let her go? 262 00:56:08,014 --> 00:56:10,676 I don't know how many hours passed. 263 00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:57,526 She got away. Now I'll have to worry about my own fate. 264 00:57:24,023 --> 00:57:25,684 Everything was silent. 265 00:57:27,660 --> 00:57:31,221 I heard someone crying. 266 00:57:32,298 --> 00:57:34,960 Someone is crying. 267 00:57:35,602 --> 00:57:37,536 Who is that? 268 01:00:03,416 --> 01:00:04,906 Everything was silent. 269 01:00:07,287 --> 01:00:09,255 How quiet it was. 270 01:00:11,324 --> 01:00:13,690 Suddenly the sun went away. 271 01:00:15,962 --> 01:00:19,864 I was enveloped in deep silence. 272 01:00:22,802 --> 01:00:27,671 I lay there in the stillness. 273 01:00:30,610 --> 01:00:35,604 Then someone quietly approached me. 274 01:00:36,783 --> 01:00:47,250 That someone gently withdrew the dagger from my heart. 275 01:01:16,522 --> 01:01:18,183 It's not true! 276 01:01:18,324 --> 01:01:22,260 There was no dagger. He was killed by a sword. 277 01:02:00,700 --> 01:02:02,691 Now it's getting interesting. 278 01:02:03,703 --> 01:02:08,265 It seems you saw the whole thing. 279 01:02:13,045 --> 01:02:15,377 So why didn't you tell the court? 280 01:02:17,016 --> 01:02:18,881 I didn't want to get involved. 281 01:02:19,719 --> 01:02:21,448 You can talk about it here, right? 282 01:02:23,089 --> 01:02:25,785 Tell me, then. 283 01:02:25,892 --> 01:02:27,985 Your story seems to be the most interesting. 284 01:02:28,394 --> 01:02:32,296 I don't want to hear it. No more horror stories. 285 01:02:33,666 --> 01:02:36,066 They are common stories these days. 286 01:02:36,636 --> 01:02:39,662 I even heard that the demon living here in Rashomon 287 01:02:39,806 --> 01:02:42,400 fled in fear of the ferocity of man. 288 01:02:46,479 --> 01:02:50,313 Come on. How much do you know? 289 01:02:55,822 --> 01:02:59,121 I found the woman's hat in the mountains. 290 01:02:59,592 --> 01:03:01,423 You already said that. 291 01:03:03,930 --> 01:03:08,663 About 20 yards further, I heard a woman crying. 292 01:03:09,902 --> 01:03:14,100 From behind a bush, I saw a man tied up, 293 01:03:14,607 --> 01:03:17,633 a woman crying and Tajomaru. 294 01:03:19,412 --> 01:03:23,712 So you lied when you said you found the body. 295 01:03:23,783 --> 01:03:25,751 I didn't want to get involved. 296 01:03:25,852 --> 01:03:27,513 All right, then. 297 01:03:29,055 --> 01:03:33,583 Go on. What was Tajomaru doing? 298 01:03:37,697 --> 01:03:42,532 He was down on his knees, begging the woman for forgiveness. 299 01:03:45,505 --> 01:03:50,033 Until now, whenever I wanted to do something bad, I did it. 300 01:03:50,443 --> 01:03:52,843 That way I suffered less. 301 01:03:54,413 --> 01:03:56,881 But today, it's different. 302 01:03:57,016 --> 01:04:02,511 I already had you, but I only want you more. It's very hard. 303 01:04:03,556 --> 01:04:05,820 I beg you to be my wife. 304 01:04:10,162 --> 01:04:17,159 The notorious bandit Tajomaru is begging you on his hands and knees. 305 01:04:21,774 --> 01:04:24,971 If you wish, I'll even stop being a bandit. 306 01:04:25,878 --> 01:04:28,745 I have enough stashed away to give you a lavish life. 307 01:04:30,049 --> 01:04:34,076 And if you don't want my dirty money, I'll even work. 308 01:04:34,754 --> 01:04:40,989 I'll stoop to selling odds and ends on the street to support you. 309 01:04:41,694 --> 01:04:44,993 I'll do anything if you come with me. 310 01:04:45,064 --> 01:04:47,862 Marry me, please. 311 01:04:50,169 --> 01:04:54,970 If you say no, I have no choice but to kill you. 312 01:04:56,609 --> 01:04:58,941 Please, say yes. 313 01:05:03,049 --> 01:05:05,677 Stop crying and answer me. 314 01:05:06,485 --> 01:05:07,975 Tell me you'll be my wife! 315 01:05:08,788 --> 01:05:11,484 Say it! 316 01:05:23,102 --> 01:05:24,797 It's impossible. 317 01:05:26,606 --> 01:05:31,669 How could I, a woman, say anything? 318 01:05:52,098 --> 01:05:55,534 I get it. You mean it's up to us men to decide. 319 01:05:58,604 --> 01:05:59,798 Hold it! 320 01:06:01,107 --> 01:06:05,237 I refuse to risk my life for such a woman. 321 01:06:33,506 --> 01:06:36,634 You've been with two men. Why don't you kill yourself? 322 01:06:42,948 --> 01:06:44,074 Hopeless. 323 01:06:48,020 --> 01:06:51,581 I don't want this shameless whore. You can have her. 324 01:06:53,559 --> 01:06:58,087 At this stage, I'd rather lose her instead of the horse. 325 01:07:53,886 --> 01:07:56,013 - Wait! - Don't follow me! 326 01:08:09,869 --> 01:08:13,327 Stop crying. It's not going to work anymore. 327 01:08:16,041 --> 01:08:19,408 Stop it. Don't bully her. 328 01:08:20,212 --> 01:08:22,703 Women are weak by nature. 329 01:08:49,942 --> 01:08:51,375 It's you who are weak. 330 01:08:54,747 --> 01:08:56,442 If you are my husband, 331 01:08:57,716 --> 01:09:00,150 why don't you kill this man? 332 01:09:01,153 --> 01:09:03,815 Then you can tell me to kill myself. That's a real man. 333 01:09:06,125 --> 01:09:08,320 You're not a real man either. 334 01:09:16,936 --> 01:09:20,337 When I heard you were Tajomaru, I stopped crying. 335 01:09:21,073 --> 01:09:23,337 I was sick of this tiresome daily farce. 336 01:09:25,077 --> 01:09:30,879 I thought, "Tajomaru might get me out of this." 337 01:09:31,217 --> 01:09:36,814 "If he'd only save me, I'd do anything for him." 338 01:09:36,956 --> 01:09:38,856 I thought to myself. 339 01:09:43,829 --> 01:09:47,026 But you were just as petty as my husband. 340 01:09:48,834 --> 01:09:53,828 Just remember: A woman loves a man who loves passionately. 341 01:09:54,773 --> 01:09:57,503 A man has to make a woman his by his sword. 342 01:15:38,150 --> 01:15:40,516 I don't want to die! 343 01:18:27,586 --> 01:18:29,713 So that's the real story. 344 01:18:30,455 --> 01:18:32,946 I don't tell lies. I saw it with my own eyes. 345 01:18:33,592 --> 01:18:34,991 I doubt it. 346 01:18:35,494 --> 01:18:37,928 It's true. I don't lie. 347 01:18:38,330 --> 01:18:40,298 No one lies after he says he's going to do so. 348 01:18:40,432 --> 01:18:42,332 It's horrifying. 349 01:18:42,401 --> 01:18:45,234 If men don't trust each other, this earth might as well be hell. 350 01:18:45,437 --> 01:18:46,904 That's right. This world is hell. 351 01:18:47,038 --> 01:18:48,801 No, I believe in men. 352 01:18:51,009 --> 01:18:53,034 I don't want this place to be hell. 353 01:18:54,012 --> 01:18:55,980 Shouting doesn't help. 354 01:18:56,882 --> 01:19:00,648 Think about it. Out of these three, whose story is believable? 355 01:19:01,052 --> 01:19:04,544 No idea. 356 01:19:06,024 --> 01:19:09,983 In the end, you cannot understand the things men do. 357 01:20:12,624 --> 01:20:14,114 What are you doing? 358 01:20:18,430 --> 01:20:19,761 What's it to you? 359 01:20:22,934 --> 01:20:25,402 - That's terrible! - Terrible? 360 01:20:25,904 --> 01:20:30,466 Someone else would have taken the kimono. Why shouldn't I? 361 01:20:32,077 --> 01:20:34,602 - It's evil. - Evil? 362 01:20:35,547 --> 01:20:37,742 What about this kid's parents? 363 01:20:38,550 --> 01:20:43,988 They had their fun and then they throw out the kid? They're evil. 364 01:20:44,823 --> 01:20:47,087 No, you're wrong. 365 01:20:48,393 --> 01:20:54,059 Look at the amulet on the kimono. It was left to protect the baby. 366 01:20:55,000 --> 01:20:57,833 Think about what they went through to abandon this baby. 367 01:20:58,436 --> 01:21:00,563 I don't have time to mind everyone's feelings. 368 01:21:00,705 --> 01:21:03,037 - You selfish... - What's wrong with that? 369 01:21:04,009 --> 01:21:06,500 Dogs are better off in this world. 370 01:21:07,379 --> 01:21:10,439 If you're not selfish, you can't survive. 371 01:21:19,691 --> 01:21:21,784 Damn it. 372 01:21:22,694 --> 01:21:25,492 Everyone is selfish and dishonest. 373 01:21:26,164 --> 01:21:29,190 Making excuses. 374 01:21:30,502 --> 01:21:38,705 The bandit, the woman, the man and you! 375 01:21:45,016 --> 01:21:48,679 And you aren't? That's funny. 376 01:21:49,621 --> 01:21:53,887 You may have fooled the court, but not me. 377 01:22:10,742 --> 01:22:13,142 So what did you do with the dagger? 378 01:22:14,012 --> 01:22:17,209 The valuable one with the pearl inlay 379 01:22:17,716 --> 01:22:19,650 that Tajomaru was talking about? 380 01:22:20,051 --> 01:22:22,781 What happened to it? Did it disappear in the grass? 381 01:22:23,922 --> 01:22:27,449 If you didn't, who stole it? 382 01:22:31,262 --> 01:22:33,025 It seems I'm right. 383 01:22:36,534 --> 01:22:40,937 A bandit calling another a bandit. Now that's selfish. 384 01:22:55,020 --> 01:22:57,853 Do you have anything else to say? 385 01:22:59,090 --> 01:23:00,853 If not, I'll be going. 386 01:24:18,670 --> 01:24:21,798 What are you doing? Taking what little it has left? 387 01:24:32,350 --> 01:24:36,286 I have six kids of my own. 388 01:24:38,156 --> 01:24:45,153 Another one wouldn't make a difference. 389 01:24:52,704 --> 01:24:58,870 I am ashamed of what I said. 390 01:25:02,280 --> 01:25:10,085 It's inevitable to be suspicious of others on a day like this. 391 01:25:14,325 --> 01:25:16,293 I'm the one who should be ashamed. 392 01:25:18,663 --> 01:25:23,032 I don't understand my own soul. 393 01:25:23,668 --> 01:25:26,694 No, I'm grateful to you. 394 01:25:39,751 --> 01:25:41,719 Thanks to you, 395 01:25:42,720 --> 01:25:49,319 I think I can keep my faith in man. 396 01:25:50,428 --> 01:25:52,123 Don't mention it. 397 01:27:29,227 --> 01:27:33,823 THE END