Toshirō MifuneTaketoki WashizuSavaraTV movie
Throne of Blood
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.
DramaHistory
Starring
Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
About
Throne of Blood
DramaHistory
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.
Information
- Released
- Jan 15, 1957
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- Japanese
- Country
- JP
- Rating
- Not rated
- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
Production
- Studio
- TOHO
- Studio
- Kurosawa Production
Cast
People in this story
Toshirō MifuneTaketoki Washizu
Isuzu YamadaLady Asaji Washizu
Takashi ShimuraNoriyasu Odagura
Akira KuboYoshiteru Miki
Hiroshi TachikawaKunimaru Tsuzuki
Minoru ChiakiYoshiaki Miki
Takamaru SasakiKuniharu Tsuzuki
Gen ShimizuWashizu samurai
Kokuten KōdōMilitary Commander
Kichijirō UedaWashizu's workman
Eiko MiyoshiOld Woman at castle
Chieko NaniwaOld Ghost WomanMetadata and artwork discovery powered by TMDB.