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Throne of Blood (Kumonosu jô)

Throne of Blood (Kumonosu jô)

Criterion/Voyager (1957)
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
037429175828
Action | Criterion Collection | Foreign | Thriller | War
Japan | English & Japanese | Color | 01:45

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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Toshirô 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 Kodo Military Commander
Kichijiro Ueda Washizu's workman
Eiko Miyoshi Old Woman at castle
Chieko Naniwa Old Ghost Woman
Nakajiro Tomita Second Military Commander
Yu Fujiki Washizu samurai
Sachio Sakai Washizu samurai
Shin Otomo Washizu samurai
Yoshio Tsuchiya Washizu samurai
Yoshio Inaba Third Military Commander
Takeo Oikawa Miki party member
Akira Tani Washizu soldier
Ikio Sawamura Washizu soldier
Yutaka Sada Washizu samurai
Seijiro Onda Second Miki party member
Shinpei Takagi Commander
Masao Masuda Commander

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Edition details

Edition Criterion Collection
Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 1
Distributor Criterion Collection
Layers Single side, Single layer
Regions Region 1

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Added Date Mar 20, 2016 04:51:14
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