Throne of Blood (1957)

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110 min - Drama - 22 November 1961 (USA)

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A ruthlessly ambitious lord, egged on by his wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become Emperor.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Toshirô Mifune	...	Taketoki Washizu
	Isuzu Yamada	...	Lady Asaji Washizu
	Takashi Shimura	...	Noriyasu Odagura
	Akira Kubo	...	Yoshiteru Miki
	Hiroshi Tachikawa	...	Kunimaru Tsuzuki (as Yôichi Tachikawa)
	Minoru Chiaki	...	Yoshiaki Miki
	Takamaru Sasaki	...	Kuniharu Tsuzuki
	Gen Shimizu
	Kokuten Kôdô	...	Military Commander
	Kichijirô Ueda	...	Washizu's workman
	Eiko Miyoshi	...	Old Woman at castle
	Chieko Naniwa	...	Old Ghost Woman
	Nakajirô Tomita	...	Second Military Commander
	Yû Fujiki	...	Washizu samurai
	Sachio Sakai	...	Washizu samurai

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A transposition of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' to medieval Japan. After a great military victory, Lords Washizu and Miki are lost in the dense Cobweb Forest, where they meet a mysterious old woman who predicts great things for Washizu and even greater things for Miki's descendants. Once out of the forest, Washizu and Miki are immediately promoted by the Emperor. Washizu, encouraged by his ambitious wife, plots to make even more of the prophecy come true, even if it means killing the Emperor... Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

22 November 1961 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Trono de sangre See more »

Filming Locations:

Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan See more »

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Toho Company, Kurosawa Production Co. See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording) | Mono (Perspecta Sound encoding)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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Those are real arrows being fired into Mifune at the end of the film, though hollowed out and run along wires to ensure they hit their target. See more »

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Anachronisms: When the witch runs in the forest she can briefly be seen wearing sneakers. See more »

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Taketori Washizu: I am terribly drunk...
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Referenced in Exhumed (2003) See more »

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