Throne of Blood - Criterion Collection (1961) Japan
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Director:Akira Kurosawa
Studio:Criterion
Rating:4.0 (105 votes)
Rated:Unrated
Date Added:2007-10-19
ASIN:B00008RH1H
UPC:9780780026445
Price:$39.95
Genre:Art House & International
Release:2003-05-27
IMDb:0484263
Duration:109
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Sound:Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Languages:Japanese
Subtitles:English
Features:Black and White
Akira Kurosawa  ...  (Director)
  ...  (Writer)
 
Toshirô Mifune  ...  
Isuzu Yamada  ...  
Takashi Shimura  ...  
Akira Kubo  ...  
Hiroshi Tachikawa  ...  
Alex Bennett  ...  Himself
Carol Connors  ...  Herself (archive footage)
Gerard Damiano  ...  Himself (archive footage)
Al Goldstein  ...  Host (archive footage)
Helen Madigan  ...  Herself (archive footage)
Jody Maxwell  ...  Herself (archive footage)
Tuppy Owens  ...  Herself (archive footage)
Harry Reems  ...  Himself (archive footage)
Chuck Traynor  ...  Himself (archive footage)
Buzzy Linhart  ...  Himself (archive footage)
Summary: One of the most celebrated screen adaptations of Shakespeare into film, Akira Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" re-imagines "Macbeth" in feudal Japan. Starring Kurosawa's longtime collaborator Toshiro Mifune and the legendary Isuzu Yamada as his ruthless wife, the film tells of a valiant warrior's savage rise to power and his ignominious fall. With "Throne of Blood", Kurosawa fuses one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies with the formal elements of Japanese Noh theater to make a "Macbeth" that is all his own—a classic tale of ambition and duplicity set against a ghostly landscape of fog and inescapable doom.