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Rating: 7.5 stars

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Throne of Blood (1957)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Action | Drama | Eastern

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

Was really excited to see another Kurosawa film on the big screen in 35mm. Even if it was one of my least favorite of his films. Not sure what it is about this movie that doesn’t grab me like his other works. Possibly because it’s an adaptation of Shakespeare? Mifune is tremendous of course. I love the Spider Web Forest. Appreciate the craft and on location sets with the garrison and the castle. Just not sure why this movie doesn’t click with me like Kurosawa’s other work.

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