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:
Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, 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 |
| Writing | Shinobu Hashimoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hideo Oguni | Screenplay |
| Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Production | Sōjirō Motoki | Producer |
| Writing | Ryuzo Kikushima | Screenplay |
| Camera | Asakazu Nakai | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yoshirō Muraki | Costume Design |
| Production | Akira Kurosawa | Producer |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | William Shakespeare | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masanori Kobayashi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Junjirō Yamada | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Masanao Uehara | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yoshiko Matsumoto | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Fumio Yanoguchi | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Yoshirō Muraki | Production Design |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects |
| Directing | Yoshimitsu Banno | Assistant Director |
