
Throne of Blood
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: 1957-01-15
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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