Throne of Blood (1957)
Kumonosu-jô
110 min
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.
- Release date
- January 15, 1957
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Masaru Satō
- Box office
- $13,422
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Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Taketoki Washizu
- Isuzu Yamada as Lady Asaji Washizu
- Takashi Shimura as Noriyasu Odagura
- Akira Kubo as Yoshiteru Miki
- Hiroshi Tachikawa as Kunimaru Tsuzuki
- Minoru Chiaki as Yoshiaki Miki
- Takamaru Sasaki as Kuniharu Tsuzuki
- Gen Shimizu as Washizu samurai
- Kokuten Kōdō as Military Commander
- Kichijirō Ueda as Washizu's workman
- Eiko Miyoshi as Old Woman at castle
- Chieko Naniwa as Old Ghost Woman
- Nakajirō Tomita as Military Commander #2
- Yū Fujiki as Washizu samurai
- Sachio Sakai as Washizu samurai
- Shin Ôtomo as Washizu samurai
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Washizu samurai
- Yoshio Inaba as Military Commander #3
- Takeo Oikawa as Miki party member
- Akira Tani as Washizu soldier
- Ikio Sawamura as Washizu soldier
- Yutaka Sada as Washizu samurai
- Seijirō Onda as Miki party member #2
- Shinpei Takagi as Commander
- Masao Masuda as Commander
- Mitsuo Asano as Washizu samurai
- Shōbun Inoue as Servant
- Asao Koike as Tsuzuki soldier
- Takeshi Katō as Guard killed by Washizu
- Hitoshi Takagi as Tsuzuki guard
Crew
- Akira Kurosawa · Director
- Hideo Oguni · Writer
- Shinobu Hashimoto · Writer
- Ryûzô Kikushima · Writer
- Akira Kurosawa · Writer
- Akira Kurosawa · Producer
- Sōjirō Motoki · Producer
- Masaru Satō · Composer
- Asakazu Nakai · Cinematographer
- Yoshirô Muraki · Production designer