Throne of Blood

• Movie

  Type

• 1957

  Year

• 1h 48m

  Runtime

• ★ 7.9

  Rating

• Drama / History

  Genre

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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Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Taketori Washizu

Isuzu Yamada

Lady Asaji Washizu

Akira Kubo

Yoshiteru Miki

Takashi Shimura

Noriyasu Odagura

Minoru Chiaki

Yoshiaki Miki

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Kunimaru Tsuzuki

Takamaru Sasaki

Kuniharu Tsuzuki

Gen Shimizu

Kokuten Kôdô

Military Commander

Kichijirô Ueda

Washizu's workman

Eiko Miyoshi

Old Woman at castle

Chieko Naniwa

Old Ghost Woman