Throne of Blood

Name: Throne of Blood
Genre: History
Released: 1957-01-15
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 7.917
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Akira Kubo, Hiroshi Tachikawa

15 January 1957 7.9JA108 min

History

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.

Box Office: $13,422

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Amy Moore@amoore496710 opinions · User since 2018

★★★★☆ 8.5

Giving this a solid 8.5/10. And I stand by that. …

2 February 1958User Review

CinemaSerf@Geronimo1967

★★★★☆ 7.0

Kurosawa takes the Scottish play and gives it the "Noh" treatment that delivers an enigmatic and tautly directed rendition of a story of betrayal, power and insanity. I think that this is a superb tragi-adventure story that stands out well amongst the numerous loose adaptations of Shakespeare that have been made over the years. Toshirô Mifune is magnificent as "Washizu" who after getting lost with his colleague (Minoru Chiaki) in the doleful "Spider's Web" forest is given a cryptic prophecy that one day he too is destined to rule the great "Spider's Web castle"... …

20 April 2023VerifiedUser Review

Jacob Thompson@jacob.reviews155 opinions · User since 2013

★★★★☆ 7.2

"Throne of Blood" makes an impression. An emotionally devastating drama. ngl I felt musical choices that perfectly complement the visuals. …

16 December 1958User Review

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Jacob Thompson

Okay so raw talent on full display here. Hands down. Giving this a solid 7.2/10.

Amy Moore

I have to say, this is something truly special. I must say impeccably paced and thoughtfully directed. Giving this a solid 8.5/10.

CRCulver

So yeah, this turned out to be while riding through a forest with his comrade and childhood friend Miki (the Banquo character, Minoru Chiaki), they come upon a forest spirit that foretells an elevation in rank for the two, and eventually Washizu's reign over Spiders-Web Castle. Furthermore, by shooting the film in a bleak part of Japan with abundant fog, the landscape powerfully mirrors the predicament in which the characters find themselves.