Genres
Duration
108 min
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Rating
7.9
Release Date
January 15, 1957
Throne of Blood
Original title: 蜘蛛巣城
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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.
Throne of Blood cast
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Toshirō Mifune
Character:
Taketoki Washizu
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Isuzu Yamada
Character:
Lady Asaji Washizu
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Takashi Shimura
Character:
Noriyasu Odagura
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Akira Kubo
Character:
Yoshiteru Miki
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Hiroshi Tachikawa
Character:
Kunimaru Tsuzuki
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Minoru Chiaki
Character:
Yoshiaki Miki
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Takamaru Sasaki
Character:
Kuniharu Tsuzuki
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Gen Shimizu
Character:
Washizu samurai
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Kokuten Kōdō
Character:
Military Commander
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Kichijirō Ueda
Character:
Washizu's workman
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Eiko Miyoshi
Character:
Old Woman at castle
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Chieko Naniwa
Character:
Old Ghost Woman
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Nakajirō Tomita
Character:
Military Commander #2
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Yū Fujiki
Character:
Washizu samurai
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Sachio Sakai
Character:
Washizu samurai
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Shin Ōtomo
Character:
Washizu samurai
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Yoshio Tsuchiya
Character:
Washizu samurai
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Yoshio Inaba
Character:
Military Commander #3
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Takeo Oikawa
Character:
Miki party member
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Akira Tani
Character:
Washizu soldier
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Ikio Sawamura
Character:
Washizu soldier
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Yutaka Sada
Character:
Washizu samurai
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Seijirô Onda
Character:
Miki party member #2
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Shinpei Takagi
Character:
Commander
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Masao Masuda
Character:
Commander
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Mitsuo Asano
Character:
Washizu samurai
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Shōbun Inoue
Character:
Servant
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Asao Koike
Character:
Tsuzuki soldier
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Takeshi Katō
Character:
Guard killed by Washizu
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Hitoshi Takagi
Character:
Tsuzuki guard
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Michiya Higuchi
Character:
Tsuki guard
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Senkichi Ōmura
Character:
Washizu samurai
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Gorô Sakurai
Character:
Servant
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Shirō Tsuchiya
Character:
Commander
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Takeo Matsushita
Character:
Commander
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Jun Ōtomo
Character:
Commander
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Kamayuki Tsubono
Character:
Servant
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Fuminori Ōhashi
Character:
Samurai
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Isao Kimura
Character:
Phantom samurai
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Seiji Miyaguchi
Character:
Phantom samurai
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Nobuo Nakamura
Character:
Phantom samurai
