Throne of Blood (1957) (Japanese)

April 6, 2008 · Posted in Crime, Drama, Japanese Movies, War

KUROSAWA’S FILM.

Akira Kurosawa was the writer/director of Throne of Blood, and the film is a combination of many of his loves. Throne of Blood was released in 1957, and it was his sixteenth film. A transposition of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ to medieval Japan. After a great military victory, Lords Washizu and Miki are lost in the dense Cobweb Forest, where they meet a mysterious old woman who predicts great things for Washizu and even greater things for Miki’s descendants. Once out of the forest, Washizu and Miki are immediately promoted by the Emperor. Washizu, encouraged by his ambitious wife, plots to make even more of the prophecy come true, even if it means killing the Emperor.

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: ToshirÃ´ Mifune … Taketori Washizu
Isuzu Yamada … Lady Asaji Washizu
Takashi Shimura … Noriyasu Odagura
Akira Kubo … Yoshiteru Miki
Genre:War drama
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (hard encoded)