Rashomon: A Commissioner Heigo Kobayashi Case

In Rashomon: A Commissioner Heigo Kobayashi Case (2017–present, Dark Horse), writer-artist Victor Santos channels the classic Kurosawa film into a noir-infused crime comic. The single issue follows a Tokyo police commissioner untangling a murder case where every witness offers a conflicting account, echoing the original story's theme of subjective truth. Santos’s stark, expressive art and hardboiled dialogue give the premise a modern, cinematic edge. This series matters as a tight, self-contained homage that distills a legendary film's narrative puzzle into a single, potent comic.