Overview
Plot
Samurai Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife Asaji urges him to murder his lord and seize his place.
- Directors
- Akira Kurosawa
- Cast
- Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Akira Kubo, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Minoru Chiaki, Takamaru Sasaki, Gen Shimizu, Kokuten Kōdō, Kichijirō Ueda, Eiko Miyoshi, Chieko Naniwa, Nakajirō Tomita, Yū Fujiki, Sachio Sakai, Shin Ōtomo, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Yoshio Inaba, Takeo Oikawa, Akira Tani
- Country
- Japan
- Genre
- Drama, History
- Release date
- 1957-01-15
- Studios
- TOHO, Kurosawa Production
Plot
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Throne of Blood Plot and Cast
In Akira Kurosawa's acclaimed resetting of Shakespeare's Macbeth in feudal Japan, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are returning to their lord's castle when a spirit waylays them and foretells their futures. After the first part of the prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest by murdering his lord and usurping his place.
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