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Throne of Blood (1957)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Drama

Most recently watched by sleestakk, GMOM65

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.

Length 108 minutes

Actors

Toshirō Mifune | Isuzu Yamada | Takashi Shimura | Akira Kubo | Hiroshi Tachikawa | Minoru Chiaki | Takamaru Sasaki | Gen Shimizu | Kokuten Kôdô | Kichijirô Ueda | Eiko Miyoshi | Chieko Naniwa | Nakajirô Tomita | Yû Fujiki | Sachio Sakai | Shin Ôtomo | Yoshio Tsuchiya | Yoshio Inaba | Takeo Oikawa | Akira Tani | Ikio Sawamura | Yutaka Sada | Seijirô Onda | Shinpei Takagi | Masao Masuda | Mitsuo Asano | Akifumi Inoue | Asao Koike | Takeshi Katô | Hitoshi Takagi | Michiya Higuchi | Senkichi Ômura | Gorô Sakurai | Shirô Tsuchiya | Takeo Matsushita | Jun Ôtomo | Kamayuki Tsubono | Fuminori Ôhashi | Isao Kimura | Seiji Miyaguchi | Nobuo Nakamura

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
11/16/2025Home TheaterBlu-rayOwned8 stars
12/11/2012TVDVDLibrary8.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

It’s been a long time. My previous comments still stand.

Comments

avatarsleestakk
8 hours ago

holy crap I can’t believe it’s been 11 years since I’ve seen this. when I saw you logged it I thought “oh I watched that a few years ago.” LOL