Throne of Blood(1957)

Name: Throne of Blood
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1957
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa

Drama / History

Movie1h 48m

Throne of Blood (1957) has 3 catalogued editions on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray, released between 1987 and 2015.

VHS edition

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Home Vision Cinema(1987)

VHS · Slipcase

DVD edition

Throne of Blood DVD, The Criterion Collection

The Criterion Collection(2014)

DVD · Keep Case · DVD Special Edition

715515155212

Blu-ray edition

Throne of Blood Blu-ray, The Criterion Collection

The Criterion Collection(2015)

Blu-ray · Slipcover

715515155113

About the film

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: Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura

Production: TOHO, Kurosawa Production