Throne of Blood
1957·Japan·110 min.
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'Macbeth' is reimagined as a samurai in feudal Japan. Taketoki Washizu (Toshiro Mifune) is a valiant warrior whose life is transformed by an encounter with a ghostly female spirit. The spirit offers several predictions, finally stating that Washizu will rise to power over the current warlord. When these predictions begin coming true, he and his ambitious wife decide to ensure his ascendancy to power by murdering the current ruler.
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ScreenwriterAkira Kurosawa·Ryuzo Kikushima·Hideo Oguni·Shinobu Hashimoto·William ShakespeareShow all
MusicMasaru Satô
CinematographyAsakazu Nakai
CastToshirô Mifune·Isuzu Yamada·Takashi Shimura·Akira Kubo·Hiroshi Tachikawa·Minoru Chiaki·Takamaru Sasaki·Gen Shimizu·Kokuten Kôdô·Kichijiro Ueda·Eiko Miyoshi·Chieko Naniwa·Nakajirô Tomita·Yu Fujiki·Sachio Sakai·Shin Ôtomo·Yoshio Tsuchiya·Yoshio Inaba·Takeo Oikawa·Akira Tani·Ikio Sawamura·Yutaka Sada·Seijirô OndaShow all
Original titleKumonosu-jô (Throne of Blood)