Throne of Blood
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
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
