Throne of Blood

Synopsis

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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Cast

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

Eiko Miyoshi

Old Woman at castle

Chieko Naniwa

Old Ghost Woman

Nakajirō Tomita

Military Commander #2

Yū Fujiki

Washizu samurai

Sachio Sakai

Washizu samurai

Shin Ōtomo

Washizu samurai

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Washizu samurai

Yoshio Inaba

Military Commander #3

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Takeo Oikawa

Miki party member

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Akira Tani

Washizu soldier

Crew

Art

• Yoshirō Muraki Production Design

Camera

• Asakazu Nakai Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Yoshirō Muraki Costume Design
• Masanori Kobayashi Makeup Artist
• Junjirō Yamada Hairstylist
• Yoshiko Matsumoto Hairstylist

Directing

• Akira Kurosawa Director
• Yoshimitsu Banno Assistant Director

Editing

• Akira Kurosawa Editor

Production

• Sōjirō Motoki Producer
• Akira Kurosawa Producer

Sound

• Masaru Satō Original Music Composer
• Ichirô Minawa Sound Designer
• Masanao Uehara Assistant Sound Editor
• Fumio Yanoguchi Sound Recordist

Visual Effects

• Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects

Writing

• Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay
• Hideo Oguni Screenplay
• Ryuzo Kikushima Screenplay
• Akira Kurosawa Screenplay
• William Shakespeare Theatre Play

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