The hosts analyze the chapter in 'Rashomon' where Tajramaru considers killing the woman's husband at her request. They also discuss the role of the dagger as a plot device and its portrayal in different narratives. The woodcutter's perspective is examined, revealing inconsistencies and raising questions about truthfulness.
Eleventh Century Japan. A samurai and his wife are walking through the forest and come across a bandit. The bandit attacks the samurai and has sex with/rapes his wife. A woodcutter finds the samurai, stabbed to death. Who killed the samurai and with what? What role did his wife play in his death? Kurosawa gives us four perspectives, told in flashbacks within flashbacks. Who’s telling the truth? Is anyone? Can we ever know what really happened? A simple story on the surface becomes a meditation on epistemological despair.
Plus, your lizard brain is out to get you and you only have 90 seconds to stop it!
Sponsored By:
Support Very Bad Wizards
Links: