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.
Directed byAkira Kurosawa
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Language
- JA
- Released
- January 15, 1957
- Revenue
- $13,422
Kurosawa ProductionWatch the
Trailers & teasers
![Throne of Blood (1957) Original Trailer [HD]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oa0CcrHB4rc/hqdefault.jpg)
Featuring
Cast & crew
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
- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Written by
- Ryuzo Kikushima
Shinobu Hashimoto
- Produced by
- Sōjirō Motoki
Akira Kurosawa
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