Throne of Blood
19571h 48mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- History
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
- based on novel or book
- prophecy
- castle
- ghost
- siege
- japan
- ambition
- betrayal
- black and white
- samurai
- feudal japan
- jidaigeki
- feudal lord
- sengoku period
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 15, 1957
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- TOHO,Kurosawa Production
- Cast
- Toshirō Mifune,Isuzu Yamada,Takashi Shimura,Akira Kubo,Hiroshi Tachikawa,Minoru Chiaki,Takamaru Sasaki,Gen Shimizu,Kokuten Kōdō,Kichijirō Uedaand 31 more
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producer
- Sōjirō Motoki,Akira Kurosawa
- Cinematography
- Asakazu Nakai
- Music
- Masaru Satō
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $13,422
- IMDb
- tt0050613