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Title	Throne of Blood Kumonosu Jï¿½ -blu
Year	1957
Time	105 mins
Genre	Action; Drama; Foreign; Thriller; War
Director	Akira Kurosawa
Edition	The Criterion Collection, Dual Format
Format	Blu-ray Disc
Actor	Toshirï¿½ Mifune as Taketoki Washizu; Takashi Shimura as Noriyasu Odagura; Minoru Chiaki as Yoshaki Miki; Akira Kubo as Yoshiteru; Hiroshi Tachikawa as Kunimaru Tsuzuki; Isuzu Yamada as Asaji; Takamaru Sasaki as Kuniharu Tsuzuki; Yoichi Tachikawa as Kunimaru
Rating	NR (Not Rated)
Cinematography	Asakazu Nakai
Language	Japanese
Plot	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.
Producer	Akira Kurosawa; Sojiro Motoki
Writer	Akira Kurosawa; Ryuzo Kikushima
Subtitles	English