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Kumonosu jô (Throne of Blood)(1957)
  • Caption: Kumonosu jô (Throne of Blood)(1957)
  • Description: In the Sixteenth Century in Japan, the brave generals Taketori Washizu (Toshirô Mifune) and Yoshiaki Miki (Minoru Chiaki) are invited to visit their lord in his castle after a battle wined by them against a traitor general. In the way to the castle, they meet in the forest an evil spirit that foresees their future from the bottom of their hearts, with Washizu being the lord of an important mansion in the fields of their lord, Miki the commander of the First Fortress and Miki's son the successor of Washizu. When they meet their master, the first part of the prophecy comes true for Washizu and Miki. However, the wife of Washizu poisons his heart with calumnies and malicious feelings against the lord and Miki. Washizu kills them both, becoming the new lord of the castle, but tormented by his guilty and afraid of his future.

    Directed by
    Akira Kurosawa

    Writing credits
    (in alphabetical order)
    Shinobu Hashimoto
    Ryuzo Kikushima
    Akira Kurosawa
    Hideo Oguni
    William Shakespeare play "Macbeth"


    Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
    Toshirô Mifune ... Taketori Washizu
    Isuzu Yamada ... Lady Asaji Washizu
    Takashi Shimura ... Noriyasu Odagura
    Akira Kubo ... Yoshiteru Miki
    Hiroshi Tachikawa ... Kunimaru Tsuzuki (as Yoichi Tachikawa)
    Minoru Chiaki ... Yoshiaki Miki
    Takamaru Sasaki ... Kuniharu Tsuzuki
    Kokuten Kodo ... Military Commander
    Kichijiro Ueda ... Washizu's workman
    Eiko Miyoshi ... Old Woman at castle
    Chieko Naniwa ... Old Ghost Woman
    Nakajiro Tomita ... Second Military Commander
    Yu Fujiki ... Washizu samurai
    Sachio Sakai ... Washizu samurai
    Shin Otomo ... Washizu samurai
    Yoshio Tsuchiya ... Washizu samurai
    Senkichi Omura ... Washizu samurai
    Yoshio Inaba ... Third Military Commander
    Takeo Obugawa ... Miki party member
    Akira Tani ... Washizu soldier
    Ikio Sawamura ... Washizu soldier
    Yutaka Sada ... Washizu samurai
    Seijiro Onda ... Second Miki party member
    Shinpei Takagi ... Commander
    Masao Masuda ... Commander
    Akifumi Inoue ... Servant
    Kyoro Sakurai ... Servant
    Kaneyuki Tsubono ... Servant
    Takeshi Katô ... Guard killed by Washizu
    Hitoshi Takagi ... Tsuzuki guard (as Kin Takagi)
    Higuchi ... Tsuki guard
    Shiro Tsuchiya ... Commander
    Takaeo Matsushita ... Commander
    Jun Otomo ... Commander
    Fuminori Ohashi ... Samurai
    Seiji Miyaguchi ... Phantom samurai
    Nobuo Nakamura ... Phantom samurai
    Gen Shimizu
    rest of cast listed alphabetically:
    Isao Kimura ... Phantom samurai (uncredited)

    Produced by
    Akira Kurosawa .... producer
    Sojiro Motoki .... producer

  • Actor/Actress/Director:
  • Movie: Kumonosu Jô (Throne of Blood) (Macbeth)
  • Id: 9611250
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