Wednesday 30 May 2012

Throne of Blood (1957)

Throne of Blood (1957)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050613/
Drama
Akira Kurosawa
Gen Shimizu, Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijirô Ueda, Akira Kubo, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Isuzu Yamada, Takamaru Sasaki, Kokuten Kôdô, Eiko Miyoshi, Chieko Naniwa, Nakajirô Tomita, Yû Fujiki, Sachio Sakai
22 November 1961 (USA)
A transposition of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' to medieval Japan. After a great military victory, Lords Washizu and Miki are lost in the dense Cobweb Forest, where they meet a mysterious old woman who predicts great things for Washizu and even greater things for Miki's descendants. Once out of the forest, Washizu and Miki are immediately promoted by the Emperor. Washizu, encouraged by his ambitious wife, plots to make even more of the prophecy come true, even if it means killing the Emperor...

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