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Throne of Blood

79.25 %|Jan 15, 1957|Drama, History

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.

Featured Crew

Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Sōjirō Motoki
Producer
Ryūzō Kikushima
Screenplay
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Yoshirō Muraki
Costume Design

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Cast

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Toshirō Mifune
Taketori Washizu
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Isuzu Yamada
Lady Asaji Washizu
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Takashi Shimura
Noriyasu Odagura
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Akira Kubo
Yoshiteru Miki
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Hiroshi Tachikawa
Kunimaru Tsuzuki
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Minoru Chiaki
Yoshiaki Miki
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Takamaru Sasaki
Kuniharu Tsuzuki
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Kokuten Kōdō
Military Commander
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Kichijirō Ueda
Washizu's workman
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Eiko Miyoshi
Old Woman at castle
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Chieko Naniwa
Old Ghost Woman
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Nakajirō Tomita
Military Commander #2
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Yū Fujiki
Washizu samurai
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Sachio Sakai
Washizu samurai
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Shin Ōtomo
Washizu samurai
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Yoshio Tsuchiya
Washizu samurai
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Yoshio Inaba
Military Commander #3
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Takeo Oikawa
Miki party member
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Akira Tani
Washizu soldier
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Ikio Sawamura
Washizu soldier
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Yutaka Sada
Washizu samurai
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Seijirô Onda
Miki party member #2
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Masao Masuda
Commander
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Takeshi Katō
Guard killed by Washizu
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Hitoshi Takagi
Tsuzuki guard
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Michiya Higuchi
Tsuki guard
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Senkichi Ōmura
Washizu samurai
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Jun Ōtomo
Commander
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Isao Kimura
Phantom samurai
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Seiji Miyaguchi
Phantom samurai
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Nobuo Nakamura
Phantom samurai