Throne of Blood (1957)
Movie
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.
Directed By : Akira Kurosawa
Genres : Drama, History
Status : Released
Released : Jan 15, 1957
Length : 108 minutes
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune
- Isuzu Yamada
- Takashi Shimura
- Akira Kubo
- Hiroshi Tachikawa
- Minoru Chiaki
- Takamaru Sasaki
- Gen Shimizu
- Kokuten Kōdō
- Kichijirō Ueda
- Eiko Miyoshi
- Chieko Naniwa
- Nakajirō Tomita
- Yū Fujiki
- Sachio Sakai
- Shin Ōtomo
- Yoshio Tsuchiya
- Yoshio Inaba
- Takeo Oikawa
- Akira Tani
- Ikio Sawamura
- Yutaka Sada
- Seijirô Onda
- Shinpei Takagi
- Masao Masuda
- Mitsuo Asano
- Shōbun Inoue
- Asao Koike
- Takeshi Katō
- Hitoshi Takagi
- Michiya Higuchi
- Senkichi Ōmura
- Gorô Sakurai
- Shirō Tsuchiya
- Takeo Matsushita
- Jun Ōtomo
- Kamayuki Tsubono
- Fuminori Ōhashi
- Isao Kimura
- Seiji Miyaguchi
- Nobuo Nakamura
Crew
- Screenplay : Shinobu Hashimoto
- Screenplay : Hideo Oguni
- Editor : Akira Kurosawa
- Director : Akira Kurosawa
- Producer : Sōjirō Motoki
- Screenplay : Ryuzo Kikushima
- Director of Photography : Asakazu Nakai
- Costume Design : Yoshirō Muraki
- Producer : Akira Kurosawa
- Original Music Composer : Masaru Satō
- Screenplay : Akira Kurosawa
- Theatre Play : William Shakespeare
- Sound Designer : Ichirô Minawa
- Makeup Artist : Masanori Kobayashi
- Hairstylist : Junjirō Yamada
- Assistant Sound Editor : Masanao Uehara
- Hairstylist : Yoshiko Matsumoto
- Sound Recordist : Fumio Yanoguchi
- Production Design : Yoshirō Muraki
- Visual Effects : Eiji Tsuburaya
- Assistant Director : Yoshimitsu Banno