Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

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1957-01-15

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.

Released

1957-01-15

Runtime

108

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Budget

$0

Revenue

$13422

Genres

Drama

History

Language

日本語

Production

TOHO

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    Toshirō Mifune

    三船敏郎
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    Isuzu Yamada

    山田五十鈴
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    Takashi Shimura

    志村喬
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    Akira Kubo

    久保明
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    Hiroshi Tachikawa

    太刀川寛
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    Minoru Chiaki

    千秋実
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    Takamaru Sasaki

    佐々木孝丸
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    Gen Shimizu

    清水元
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    Kokuten Kōdō

    高堂国典
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    Kichijirō Ueda

    上田吉二郎
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    Eiko Miyoshi

    三好栄子
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    Chieko Naniwa

    浪花千栄子
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    Nakajirō Tomita

    富田仲次郎
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    Yū Fujiki

    藤木悠
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    Sachio Sakai

    堺左千夫
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    Shin Ōtomo

    大友伸
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    Yoshio Tsuchiya

    土屋嘉男
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    Yoshio Inaba

    稲葉義男
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    Takeo Oikawa

    笈川武夫
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    Akira Tani

    谷晃
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    Ikio Sawamura

    沢村いき雄
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    Yutaka Sada

    佐田豊
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    Seijirô Onda

    恩田清二郎
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    Shinpei Takagi

    高木新平
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    Masao Masuda

    Masao Masuda
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    Mitsuo Asano

    Mitsuo Asano
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    Shōbun Inoue

    井上昭文
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    Asao Koike

    小池朝雄
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    Takeshi Katō

    加藤武
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    Hitoshi Takagi

    高木均
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    Michiya Higuchi

    Michiya Higuchi
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    Senkichi Ōmura

    大村千吉
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    Gorô Sakurai

    Gorô Sakurai
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    Shirō Tsuchiya

    土屋詩朗
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    Takeo Matsushita

    Takeo Matsushita
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    Jun Ōtomo

    大友純
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    Kamayuki Tsubono

    坪野鎌之
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    Fuminori Ōhashi

    大橋史典
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    Isao Kimura

    木村功
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    Seiji Miyaguchi

    宮口精二
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    Nobuo Nakamura

    中村伸郎