THE OUTRAGE (1964) is a far better than average re-imaging of Kurosawa's Rashomon (1951). You will be surprised to immediately see William Shatner on the screen. Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, and Claire Bloom also star.
A trial is held to figure out who was responsible for the knifing of a colonel in a nearby forest. The conflicting stories about the event from those involved cause a preacher to doubt his calling. He tries to sort out the truth of the matter along a con man and a prospector who apparently holds certain missing pieces to the story.
Akira Kurosawa was heavily influenced by the western story structure as narrated in the Bible, Shakespeare, and six-shooter westerns. No surprise that several of his movies have been remade as westerns.
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