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All movies seen on 03/09/2010

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Throne of Blood (1957)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Drama | Fantasy | Supernatural

Most recently watched by sensoria, 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)

Viewing Notes

March being Akira Kurosawa month (in celebration of what would be his 100th birthday), tributes abound. TCM is celebrating this event by featuring Kurosawa film selections every Tuesday, and on this evening I was lured in by AK’s take on Macbeth in Throne of Blood (1957), which I had not seen in its entirety. Definitely one I will need to revisit.

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