Throne of Blood (1957)
Akira KurosawaReturning 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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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.
Cast
| Name | Character | |
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Toshirō Mifune | Taketori Washizu |
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Isuzu Yamada | Lady Asaji Washizu |
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Takashi Shimura | Noriyasu Odagura |
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Akira Kubo | Yoshiteru Miki |
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Hiroshi Tachikawa | Kunimaru Tsuzuki |
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Minoru Chiaki | Yoshiaki Miki |
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Takamaru Sasaki | Kuniharu Tsuzuki |
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Gen Shimizu | |
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Kokuten Kōdō | Military Commander |
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Kichijirō Ueda | Washizu's workman |
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Eiko Miyoshi | Old Woman at castle |
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Chieko Naniwa | Old Ghost Woman |
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Nakajirō Tomita | Military Commander #2 |
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Yū Fujiki | Washizu samurai |
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Sachio Sakai | Washizu samurai |
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Shin Ōtomo | Washizu samurai |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya | Washizu samurai |
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Yoshio Inaba | Military Commander #3 |
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Takeo Oikawa | Miki party member |
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Akira Tani | Washizu soldier |
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Ikio Sawamura | Washizu soldier |
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Yutaka Sada | Washizu samurai |
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Seijirô Onda | Miki party member #2 |
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Shinpei Takagi | Commander |
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Masao Masuda | Commander |
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Mitsuo Asano | |
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Shōbun Inoue | Servant |
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Asao Koike | |
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Takeshi Katō | Guard killed by Washizu |
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Hitoshi Takagi | Tsuzuki guard |
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Michiya Higuchi | Tsuki guard |
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Senkichi Ōmura | Washizu samurai |
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Gorô Sakurai | Servant |
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Shirō Tsuchiya | Commander |
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Takeo Matsushita | Commander |
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Jun Ōtomo | Commander |
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Kamayuki Tsubono | Servant |
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Fuminori Ōhashi | Samurai |
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Isao Kimura | Phantom samurai |
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Seiji Miyaguchi | Phantom samurai |
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Nobuo Nakamura | Phantom samurai |