Throne of Blood (1957)
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.
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Writers:
Ryuzo Kikushima, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa.
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Toshirō Mifune as Taketoki Washizu |
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Isuzu Yamada as Lady Asaji Washizu |
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Takashi Shimura as Noriyasu Odagura |
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Akira Kubo as Yoshiteru Miki |
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Hiroshi Tachikawa as Kunimaru Tsuzuki |
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Minoru Chiaki as Yoshiaki Miki |
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Takamaru Sasaki as Kuniharu Tsuzuki |
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Gen Shimizu as Washizu samurai |
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Kokuten Kōdō as Military Commander |
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Kichijirō Ueda as Washizu's workman |
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Eiko Miyoshi as Old Woman at castle |
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Chieko Naniwa as Old Ghost Woman |
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Nakajirō Tomita as Military Commander #2 |
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Yū Fujiki as Washizu samurai |
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Sachio Sakai as Washizu samurai |
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Shin Ōtomo as Washizu samurai |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya as Washizu samurai |
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Yoshio Inaba as Military Commander #3 |
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Takeo Oikawa as Miki party member |
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Akira Tani as Washizu soldier |
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Ikio Sawamura as Washizu soldier |
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Yutaka Sada as Washizu samurai |
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Seijirô Onda as Miki party member #2 |
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Shinpei Takagi as Commander |
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Masao Masuda as Commander |
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Mitsuo Asano as Washizu samurai |
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Shōbun Inoue as Servant |
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Asao Koike as Tsuzuki soldier |
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Takeshi Katō as Guard killed by Washizu |
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Hitoshi Takagi as Tsuzuki guard |
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Michiya Higuchi as Tsuki guard |
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Senkichi Ōmura as Washizu samurai |
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Gorô Sakurai as Servant |
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Shirō Tsuchiya as Commander |
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Takeo Matsushita as Commander |
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Jun Ōtomo as Commander |
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Kamayuki Tsubono as Servant |
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Fuminori Ōhashi as Samurai |
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Isao Kimura as Phantom samurai |
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Seiji Miyaguchi as Phantom samurai |
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Nobuo Nakamura as Phantom samurai |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Sōjirō Motoki | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yoshirō Muraki | Costume Design |
| Writing | Ryuzo Kikushima | Screenplay |
| Production | Akira Kurosawa | Producer |
| Camera | Asakazu Nakai | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Writing | Shinobu Hashimoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hideo Oguni | Screenplay |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | William Shakespeare | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Junjirō Yamada | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masanori Kobayashi | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Yoshirō Muraki | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yoshiko Matsumoto | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Fumio Yanoguchi | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Masanao Uehara | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects |
| Directing | Yoshimitsu Banno | Assistant Director |
