Throne of Blood

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Akira Kurosawa's stunning reconception of Shakespeare's MACBETH is a dark samurai drama, set in feudal Japan. As the film begins, two soldiers--Washizu (Toshirt Mifune) and Miki (Minoru Chiaki)--find themselves lost in a dense forest during a powerful thunderstorm. Seemingly unable to leave the woods, they encounter a ghostly old woman who predicts that Washizu will soon rise to power. At the goading of his ruthless wife, Asaji (Isuzu Yamada), Washizu embarks on a murderously ambitious path and quickly fulfills the prophecy. However, his ascension is cursed by his brutal actions and soon opposition arises to challenge his blood-stained rule. <br> <br> One of the finest Shakespeare adaptations to appear in any medium, Kurosawa's THRONE OF BLOOD is covered in an entrancingly macabre web. The always-amazing Mifune gives one of his greatest performances as the haunted yet unrelenting Lord Washizu, while Yamada portrays the eeriest version of Lady Macbeth to ever grace the screen or stage. A master of reinte...
Key Information
Genre:	Foreign Films
Directors:	Akira Kurosawa
Actors:	Isuzu Yamada · Minoru Chiaki · Takashi Shimura
Stars:	Toshirt Mifune
UPC:	009432002163, 037429068038, 037429175828, 086112076737, 715515050814
Running Time:	1hr 45min
Available Formats:	DVD: Criterion Collection, VHS
MPAA Rating:	Not Rated
Subgenre:	Japanese
Release Date:	1957
Languages
Original Language:	Japanese
VHS Editions
:	VHS1hr 45minFacets VideoNot Rated, VHS1hr 45minHome VisionAugust 25, 1993Not Rated037429068038, VHS1hr 45minInternational Historic Films, Inc.Not Rated009432002163, VHS1hr 45minMovies UnlimitedNot Rated, VHS1hr 50minMedia Home Entertainment/Heron CommunicationsNot Rated086112076737
Credits
Screenwriter:	Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, Shinobu Hashimoto
Professional Reviews
:	(01/01/2002, p.61-2, Lucy Neville): "...Kurosawa's visual daring is sustained to the very end....This stands as one of the most successful translations of Shakespeare to film...", (04/10/1992, p.F27, Mark Chalon Smith): "...One of the truest presentations of Shakespeare's tragedy..."