Throne of Blood
7.9(1,001) 1957-01-15 108 minDramaHistory
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.
ScreenplayShinobu Hashimoto
ScreenplayHideo Oguni
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ProducerSōjirō Motoki
ScreenplayRyuzo Kikushima
ProducerAkira Kurosawa
Original Music ComposerMasaru Satō
ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa
Cast & characters
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
Eiko Miyoshi
as Old Woman at castle
Chieko Naniwa
as Old Ghost Woman
Nakajirō Tomita
as Military Commander #2
Yū Fujiki
as Washizu samurai
Sachio Sakai
as Washizu samurai
Shin Ōtomo
as Washizu samurai
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Washizu samurai
Yoshio Inaba
as Military Commander #3
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Takeo Oikawa
as Miki party member
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Akira Tani
as Washizu soldier
Ikio Sawamura
as Washizu soldier
Yutaka Sada
as Washizu samurai
Seijirô Onda
as Miki party member #2
Shinpei Takagi
as Commander
