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Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

#7of 1957
1957 1h 48mDramaHistory

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

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Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

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japansamuraiprophecycastlesiegeambitionbetrayalblack and whiteghostjidaigeki

Behind it

Akira KurosawaAkira KurosawaDirectorShinobu HashimotoShinobu HashimotoScreenplayHideo OguniScreenplayRyuzo KikushimaRyuzo KikushimaScreenplayMasaru SatōMasaru SatōComposerAsakazu NakaiAsakazu NakaiCinematography

Cast

Toshirō MifuneToshirō MifuneTaketoki WashizuIsuzu YamadaIsuzu YamadaLady Asaji WashizuTakashi ShimuraTakashi ShimuraNoriyasu OdaguraAkira KuboAkira KuboYoshiteru MikiHiroshi TachikawaHiroshi TachikawaKunimaru TsuzukiMinoru ChiakiMinoru ChiakiYoshiaki MikiTakamaru SasakiTakamaru SasakiKuniharu TsuzukiGen ShimizuGen ShimizuWashizu samuraiKokuten KōdōKokuten KōdōMilitary CommanderKichijirō UedaKichijirō UedaWashizu's workmanEiko MiyoshiEiko MiyoshiOld Woman at castleChieko NaniwaChieko NaniwaOld Ghost WomanNakajirō TomitaNakajirō TomitaMilitary Commander #2Yū FujikiYū FujikiWashizu samuraiSachio SakaiSachio SakaiWashizu samuraiShin ŌtomoShin ŌtomoWashizu samuraiYoshio TsuchiyaYoshio TsuchiyaWashizu samuraiYoshio InabaYoshio InabaMilitary Commander #3

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa

Release date

15 Jan 1957

Runtime

1h 48m

Box office

$0.0M

Studio

TOHO, Kurosawa Production

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

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