Throne of Blood
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. Released: 1957
Casts:
Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Akira Kubo, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Takamaru Sasaki, Gen Shimizu, Kokuten Kôdô, Kichijirô Ueda, Eiko Miyoshi, Chieko Naniwa, Yû Fujiki, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Yutaka Sada, Yoshio Inaba, Takeshi Katô, Hitoshi Takagi, Isao Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Nobuo Nakamura, Nakajirô Tomita, Sachio Sakai, Shin Ôtomo, Seijirô Onda, Senkichi Ômura, Akira Tani, Ikio Sawamura, Takeo Oikawa, Shinpei Takagi, Masao Masuda, Shirô Tsuchiya, Takeo Matsushita, Jun Ôtomo, Michiya Higuchi, Shôbun Inoue, Gorô Sakurai, Kamayuki Tsubono, Fuminori Ôhashi
