Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

108 mins | Drama, History | Jan. 15, 1957

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.

Throne of Blood

108 mins | Drama, History | Jan. 15, 1957

Throne of Blood
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.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 蜘蛛巣城
Directors Yoshimitsu Banno, Akira Kurosawa
Writers Ryûzô Kikushima, William Shakespeare, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

as Taketori Washizu

Isuzu Yamada

as Lady Asaji Washizu

Takashi Shimura

as Noriyasu Odagura

Akira Kubo

as Yoshiteru Miki

Hiroshi Tachikawa

as Kunimaru Tsuzuki

Minoru Chiaki

as Yoshiaki Miki

Takamaru Sasaki

as Kuniharu Tsuzuki

Kokuten Kōdō

as Military Commander

Kichijirô Ueda

as Washizu's workman

Eiko Miyoshi

as Old Woman at castle

Chieko Naniwa

as Old Ghost Woman

Nakajirô Tomita

as Military Commander #2

Yū Fujiki

as Washizu samurai

Sachio Sakai

as Washizu samurai

Shin Ôtomo

as Washizu samurai

Yoshio Tsuchiya

as Washizu samurai

Yoshio Inaba

as Military Commander #3

Takeo Oikawa

as Miki party member

Akira Tani

as Washizu soldier

Ikio Sawamura

as Washizu soldier

Yutaka Sada

as Washizu samurai

Seijirô Onda

as Miki party member #2

Shinpei Takagi

as Commander

Masao Masuda

as Commander

Akifumi Inoue

as Servant

Takeshi Katō

as Guard killed by Washizu

Hitoshi Takagi

as Tsuzuki guard

Michiya Higuchi

as Tsuki guard

Senkichi Ômura

as Washizu samurai

Gorô Sakurai

as Servant

Shirō Tsuchiya

as Commander

Takeo Matsushita

as Commander

Jun Ōtomo

as Commander

Kamayuki Tsubono

as Servant

Fuminori Ôhashi

as Samurai

Isao Kimura

as Phantom samurai

Seiji Miyaguchi

as Phantom samurai

Nobuo Nakamura

as Phantom samurai