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Throne of Blood (1957)

Throne of Blood (1957)

Drama History
Release Date: 1957, January 15
Directors: Akira Kurosawa
Countries: Japan
Production: TOHO, Kurosawa Production
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Isao Kimura, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kokuten Kōdō, Kichijirō Ueda, Gen Shimizu, Shinpei Takagi, Shin Ōtomo

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

prophecy based on novel or book ambition betrayal samurai ghost castle japan black and white feudal japan jidaigeki siege sengoku period feudal lord