Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Filimkan waxaa lagu yaqaanaa qalab khiyaali ah oo ku lug leh jilayaal kala duwan oo bixiya aragtiyo shakhsi ahaaneed, beddelaad, is-adeegsi, iyo noocyo is khilaafsan oo isla dhacdada ah. "Rashomon" wuxuu ahaa filimkii ugu horreeyay ee Japan ah oo helay soo dhaweyn caalami ah oo muhiim ah; wuxuu ku guuleystay abaalmarino dhowr ah, oo ay ku jiraan Libaaxa Dahabka ah ee Bandhigga Filimka ee Venice ee 1951, iyo Abaalmarinta Sharafta leh ee Akadeemiyada ee Bandhigga Filimka ee San Francisco ee San Francisco.
Abaalmarintii 24aad ee Akadeemiyada ee 1952, waxaana loo tixgeliyaa mid ka mid ah filimadii ugu waaweynaa abid la sameeyo. Saamaynta Rashomon waxaa loogu magac daray filimka.