Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

1957 | 1h 50m | Drama | TV-14

Brief Synopsis

Spurred by his wife and a witch's prediction, a samurai murders his lord to steal the throne.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Akira Kurosawa

CAST

Akira Kubo

Toshirô Mifune

Minoru Chiaki

PRODUCERS

Akira Kurosawa

WRITERS

Hideo Oguni

Host Intros

01:32
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Throne Of Blood (1957)
Intro Aired: Sep 2019
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Throne Of Blood, 1957.

Related Videos

Throne Of Blood (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Pay No Attention
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The wife (Isuzu Yamada) tells the guests it's just the Sake` talking, as warlord Taketoki (Toshiro Mifune) goes feudal on a ghost, in Akira Kurosawa's treatment of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," Throne Of Blood, 1957.
Throne Of Blood (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Master Of North Castle
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Taketoki (Toshiro Mifune) and Miki (Minoru Chiaki) have to stay cool as they receive what should be great news, fulfilling an ominous prediction, in Akira Kurosawa's version of "Macbeth," Throne Of Blood, 1957.
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Shakespeare Night: Throne of Blood
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Throne Of Blood (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Fate's Five Calamities
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Shakespeare in the medieval Japanese forest, as Taketoki (Toshiro Mifune) and Miki (Minoru Chiaki) come upon just one witch (Chieko Naniwa) in Akira Kurosawa's rendering of "Macbeth," Throne Of Blood, 1957.

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