Kurosawa's masterly and influential meditation on the subjective nature of truth. A woodcutter witnesses a horrific series of events - an ambush, rape and murder. In the telling of the tale, however, each of the four participants gives a different view of what actually happened - is anyone telling the truth? Akira Kurosawa's masterly and influential film plays on the subjective nature of truth while unfurling a riveting tale of violence and greed. The first film to alert Western audiences to the riches of Japanese cinema, Rashomon was remade in Hollywood as The Outrage, starring Paul Newman, and is credited by Bryan Singer as his inspiration for The Usual Suspects. Nominated for two Oscars, three BAFTAs and winner of the Silver Lion award at Venice Film Festival in 1954, Rashômon won the Academy Award for best foreign film.