Throne of Blood (1957)

Throne of Blood
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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.

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Cast

Toshirō Mifune
as Taketoki Washizu
Takeshi Katō
as Guard killed by Washizu
Yoshio Inaba
as Military Commander #3
Takamaru Sasaki
as Kuniharu Tsuzuki
Hitoshi Takagi
as Tsuzuki guard
Chieko Naniwa
as Old Ghost Woman
Takashi Shimura
as Noriyasu Odagura
Seijirô Onda
as Miki party member #2
Eiko Miyoshi
as Old Woman at castle
Gen Shimizu
as Washizu samurai
Senkichi Ōmura
as Washizu samurai
Kokuten Kōdō
as Military Commander
Yū Fujiki
as Washizu samurai
Shin Ōtomo
as Washizu samurai
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Phantom samurai
Isao Kimura
as Phantom samurai
Minoru Chiaki
as Yoshiaki Miki
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Washizu samurai
Nakajirō Tomita
as Military Commander #2
Isuzu Yamada
as Lady Asaji Washizu
Ikio Sawamura
as Washizu soldier
Akira Kubo
as Yoshiteru Miki
Nobuo Nakamura
as Phantom samurai
Sachio Sakai
as Washizu samurai
Jun Ōtomo
as Commander
Shinpei Takagi
as Commander
Asao Koike
as Tsuzuki soldier
Kichijirō Ueda
as Washizu's workman
Yutaka Sada
as Washizu samurai

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