Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood (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.

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  • Release Date: 1957-01-15
  • Runtime: 1h 48min
  • Director: Akira Kurosawa

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    Cast

    • Toshirō Mifune

      Taketoki Washizu

    • Isuzu Yamada

      Lady Asaji Washizu

    • Takashi Shimura

      Noriyasu Odagura

    • Akira Kubo

      Yoshiteru Miki

    • Hiroshi Tachikawa

      Kunimaru Tsuzuki

    • Minoru Chiaki

      Yoshiaki Miki

    • Takamaru Sasaki

      Kuniharu Tsuzuki

    • Gen Shimizu

      Washizu samurai

    • Kokuten Kōdō

      Military Commander

    • Kichijirō Ueda

      Washizu's workman

    • Eiko Miyoshi

      Old Woman at castle

    • Chieko Naniwa

      Old Ghost Woman

    • Nakajirō Tomita

      Military Commander #2

    • Yū Fujiki

      Washizu samurai

    • Sachio Sakai

      Washizu samurai

    • Shin Ōtomo

      Washizu samurai

    • Yoshio Tsuchiya

      Washizu samurai

    • Yoshio Inaba

      Military Commander #3

    • Takeo Oikawa

      Miki party member

    • Akira Tani

      Washizu soldier

    • Ikio Sawamura

      Washizu soldier

    • Yutaka Sada

      Washizu samurai

    • Seijirô Onda

      Miki party member #2

    • Shinpei Takagi

      Commander

    • Masao Masuda

      Commander

    • Mitsuo Asano

      Washizu samurai

    • Shōbun Inoue

      Servant

    • Asao Koike

      Tsuzuki soldier

    • Takeshi Katō

      Guard killed by Washizu

    • Hitoshi Takagi

      Tsuzuki guard

    • Michiya Higuchi

      Tsuki guard

    • Senkichi Ōmura

      Washizu samurai

    • Gorô Sakurai

      Servant

    • Shirō Tsuchiya

      Commander

    • Takeo Matsushita

      Commander

    • Jun Ōtomo

      Commander

    • Kamayuki Tsubono

      Servant

    • Fuminori Ōhashi

      Samurai

    • Isao Kimura

      Phantom samurai

    • Seiji Miyaguchi

      Phantom samurai

    • Nobuo Nakamura

      Phantom samurai

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