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    Throne of Blood 1957 POSTER

    Throne of Blood

    1957

    Japanese

    8.0

    55

    96%

    93%

    Action

    ambition

    based on novel or book

    castle

    Drama

    History

    japan

    prophecy

    samurai

    Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Director Hiroshi Tachikawa Hiroshi Tachikawa as Kunimaru Tsuzuki Isuzu Yamada Isuzu Yamada as Lady Asaji Washizu Toshirô Mifune Toshirô Mifune as Taketoki Washizu Yoshio Inaba Yoshio Inaba as Third Military Commander
    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.
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