Toshiro Mifune
Taketori Washizu
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Throne of Blood ( Japanese: 蜘蛛巣城, Hepburn: Kumonosu-jō, lit. 'The Spider Web Castle') is a 1957 Japanese jidaigeki film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film transposes the plot of English dramatist William Shakespeare 's play Macbeth (1606) from Medieval Scotland ...
A classic Japanese drama based on Shakespeare's Macbeth, starring Toshiro Mifune as a warlord who murders his way to power after a prophecy. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, awards, photos and more for this 1957 film.
- (56K)
- Drama
- Akira Kurosawa
- 1961-11-22
Watch the 1957 film by the Japanese master of cinema, based on Shakespeare's tragedy and set in feudal Japan. See the remarkable performances of Toshiro Mifune and Isuzu Yamada as the power-hungry couple.
- 110 min
- 31.7K
- Shadows of the Dark
A classic film by Akira Kurosawa that reimagines Shakespeare's \"Macbeth\" in feudal Japan. See critics' reviews, ratings, cast and crew, and watch options on Prime Video and Max.
- (1.1K)
- Toshiro Mifune
- Akira Kurosawa
- Drama
Summaries. A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle. After securing a major victory on the battlefield, Taketoti Washizu and one of his commanders, Yoshiaki Miki, find themselves lost in the maze-like Spider's Web forest.
A classic film by Akira Kurosawa that adapts William Shakespeare's \"Macbeth\" in feudal Japan. Follow the tragic fate of samurai Washizu, who murders his lord and becomes a tyrannical ruler after a spirit's prophecy.
Throne of Blood. A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, Throne of Blood, directed by Akira Kurosawa, sets Shakespeare’s definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. As a hardened warrior who rises savagely to power, Toshiro Mifune gives a remarkable, animalistic performance, as does Isuzu ...
