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.| Original Title: | 蜘蛛巣城 |
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| Status: | Released (1957-01-15) |
| Awards: | 4 wins & 1 nomination total |
| BoxOffice: | $46,808 |
| Screen: | Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryûzô Kikushima |
| Productions: | TOHO |
| Production Countries: | Japan |
| Spoken Languages: | 日本語 |
Backdrops
Posters
Similars
Recommendations
Casts
- 7450: Toshirō Mifune - Taketori Washizu
- 33761: Isuzu Yamada - Lady Asaji Washizu
- 7453: Takashi Shimura - Noriyasu Odagura
- 30469: Akira Kubo - Yoshiteru Miki
- 33763: Hiroshi Tachikawa - Kunimaru Tsuzuki
- 7454: Minoru Chiaki - Yoshiaki Miki
- 1008470: Takamaru Sasaki - Kuniharu Tsuzuki
Crews
- 5026: Akira Kurosawa - Director - Directing
- 7449: Shinobu Hashimoto - Screenplay - Writing
- 34373: Ryūzō Kikushima - Screenplay - Writing
- 5026: Akira Kurosawa - Screenplay - Writing
- 20827: Hideo Oguni - Screenplay - Writing
- 5026: Akira Kurosawa - Producer - Production
- 20832: Sōjirō Motoki - Producer - Production
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Reviews
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One of a number of films that Akira Kurosawa made in the 1950s and which have become classics, <i>Throne of Blood</i> is the director's adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan but showing that lust for power is a perennial feature of human society. Washizu (the Macbe ....
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I think that this is a superb tragi-adventure story that stands out well amongst the numerous loose adaptations of Shakespeare that have been made over the years. Kurosawa takes the Scottish play and gives it the "Noh" treatment that delivers an enigmatic and tautly directed renditio ....
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