Throne of Blood (1957)

Movie Details

Original Title 蜘蛛巣城

Original Language JA

Revenue $13,422

Status Released

Popularity 2.2

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Taketoki Washizu

Popularity: 2.4

Isuzu Yamada

Lady Asaji Washizu

Popularity: 1.1

Takashi Shimura

Noriyasu Odagura

Popularity: 2.1

Akira Kubo

Yoshiteru Miki

Popularity: 1.2

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Kunimaru Tsuzuki

Popularity: 0.9

Minoru Chiaki

Yoshiaki Miki

Popularity: 1.5

Takamaru Sasaki

Kuniharu Tsuzuki

Popularity: 0.8

Gen Shimizu

Washizu samurai

Popularity: 1.0

Kokuten Kōdō

Military Commander

Popularity: 0.9

Kichijirō Ueda

Washizu's workman

Popularity: 1.1

Eiko Miyoshi

Old Woman at castle

Popularity: 0.8

Chieko Naniwa

Old Ghost Woman

Popularity: 1.0

Key Crew

Producer Sōjirō Motoki, Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay Ryūzō Kikushima, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni

Editor Akira Kurosawa

Director Akira Kurosawa

Production

TOHO

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Throne of Blood (1957) HD Trailer

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Shooting the Arrows in Throne of Blood

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Keywords

japan samurai based on novel or book prophecy castle ambition betrayal ghost jidaigeki sengoku period feudal lord feudal japan

Reviews from TMDB

CRCulver 8/10

Aug 23, 2018

One of a number of films that Akira Kurosawa made in the 1950s and which have become classics, <i>Throne of Blood</i> is the director's adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan but showing that lust for power is a perennial feature of human society. Washizu (the Macbeth character, To ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Apr 20, 2023

I think that this is a superb tragi-adventure story that stands out well amongst the numerous loose adaptations of Shakespeare that have been made over the years. Kurosawa takes the Scottish play and gives it the "Noh" treatment that delivers an enigmatic and tautly directed rendition of a story of ... Read more