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Throne of Blood

Original title: 蜘蛛巣城

  • Movie
  • 1957
  • NR
  • 1h 48m

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

7.9

TMDB audience rating
7.9 out of 10 from 1,040 votes

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Overview

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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Cast and crew

  • Toshirō Mifune

    Toshirō MifuneTaketoki Washizu

  • Isuzu Yamada

    Isuzu YamadaLady Asaji Washizu

  • Takashi Shimura

    Takashi ShimuraNoriyasu Odagura

  • Akira Kubo

    Akira KuboYoshiteru Miki

  • Hiroshi Tachikawa

    Hiroshi TachikawaKunimaru Tsuzuki

  • Minoru Chiaki

    Minoru ChiakiYoshiaki Miki

  • Takamaru Sasaki

    Takamaru SasakiKuniharu Tsuzuki

  • Gen Shimizu

    Gen ShimizuWashizu samurai

  • Kokuten Kōdō

    Kokuten KōdōMilitary Commander

  • Kichijirō Ueda

    Kichijirō UedaWashizu's workman

  • Eiko Miyoshi

    Eiko MiyoshiOld Woman at castle

  • Chieko Naniwa

    Chieko NaniwaOld Ghost Woman

  • Nakajirō Tomita

    Nakajirō TomitaMilitary Commander #2

  • Yū Fujiki

    Yū FujikiWashizu samurai

  • Sachio Sakai

    Sachio SakaiWashizu samurai

  • Shin Ōtomo

    Shin ŌtomoWashizu samurai

  • Yoshio Tsuchiya

    Yoshio TsuchiyaWashizu samurai

  • Yoshio Inaba

    Yoshio InabaMilitary Commander #3

Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Ryuzo Kikushima, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni
Music
Masaru Satō
Cinematography
Asakazu Nakai