Throne of Blood
1957Returning 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.
Acted in
Toshirō Mifune
as Taketori 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
Kokuten Kōdō
as Military Commander
Kichijirō Ueda
as Washizu's workman
Eiko Miyoshi
as Old Woman at castle
Chieko Naniwa
as Old Ghost Woman
Nakajirō Tomita
as Military Commander #2
Yū Fujiki
as Washizu samurai
Sachio Sakai
as Washizu samurai
Shin Ōtomo
as Washizu samurai
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Washizu samurai
Yoshio Inaba
as Military Commander #3
Takeo Oikawa
as Miki party member
Akira Tani
as Washizu soldier
Ikio Sawamura
as Washizu soldier
Yutaka Sada
as Washizu samurai
Seijirô Onda
as Miki party member #2
Shinpei Takagi
as Commander
Masao Masuda
as Commander
Mitsuo Asano
Shōbun Inoue
as Servant
Asao Koike
Takeshi Katō
as Guard killed by Washizu
Hitoshi Takagi
as Tsuzuki guard
Michiya Higuchi
as Tsuki guard
Senkichi Ōmura
as Washizu samurai
Gorô Sakurai
as Servant
Shirō Tsuchiya
as Commander
Takeo Matsushita
as Commander
Jun Ōtomo
as Commander
Kamayuki Tsubono
as Servant
Fuminori Ōhashi
as Samurai
Isao Kimura
as Phantom samurai
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Phantom samurai
Nobuo Nakamura
as Phantom samurai