Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô) (1957)

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8.1	IMDB rating

Directed by

Akira Kurosawa

Starring (View all)

Taketoki Washizu

Lady Asaji Washizu

Noriyasu Odagura

Yoshiteru Miki

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Kunimaru Tsuzuki

Minoru Chiaki

Yoshiaki Miki

Takamaru Sasaki

Kuniharu Tsuzuki

Gen Shimizu

Written by (View all)

Hideo Oguni

(screenplay)

Shinobu Hashimoto

(screenplay)

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Description: A transposition of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' to medieval Japan. After a great military victory, Lords Washizu and Miki are lost in the dense Cobweb Forest, where they meet a mysterious old woman who predicts great things for Washizu and even greater things for Miki's descendants. Once out of the forest, Washizu and Miki are immediately ... (more)

Release date : 22 November 1961
UPC: 037429175828

Shakespeare (11), Japan (10), 1950s (9), Japanese (9), Samurai (7), Drama (6), 1957 (6), Betrayal (5), Adaptation (5), War (4), Emperor (4), Foreign (4), Sword (3), Blood (3), Horse (3), Murder (3), Prophecy (3), Greed (3), Obsession (3), Castle (2)

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