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Throne of Blood
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Movie · 1957

Throne of Blood

TMDB 7.9 / 101957108 min

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.

Original title: 蜘蛛巣城

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★ 7.9 / 1019571h 48mMovie

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.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Genres: Drama, History

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Taketoki Washizu

Isuzu Yamada

Isuzu Yamada

Lady Asaji Washizu

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Noriyasu Odagura

Akira Kubo

Akira Kubo

Yoshiteru Miki

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Kunimaru Tsuzuki

Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki

Yoshiaki Miki

Takamaru Sasaki

Takamaru Sasaki

Kuniharu Tsuzuki

Gen Shimizu

Gen Shimizu

Washizu samurai

Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten Kōdō

Military Commander

Kichijirō Ueda

Kichijirō Ueda

Washizu's workman

Eiko Miyoshi

Eiko Miyoshi

Old Woman at castle

Chieko Naniwa

Chieko Naniwa

Old Ghost Woman

Nakajirō Tomita

Nakajirō Tomita

Military Commander #2

Yū Fujiki

Yū Fujiki

Washizu samurai

Sachio Sakai

Sachio Sakai

Washizu samurai

Shin Ōtomo

Shin Ōtomo

Washizu samurai

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Washizu samurai

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Military Commander #3

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