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.

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Toshirō Mifune

Taketoki Washizu

Isuzu Yamada

Lady Asaji Washizu

Takashi Shimura

Noriyasu Odagura

Akira Kubo

Yoshiteru Miki

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Kunimaru Tsuzuki

Minoru Chiaki

Yoshiaki Miki

Takamaru Sasaki

Kuniharu Tsuzuki

Gen Shimizu

Washizu samurai

Kokuten Kōdō

Military Commander

Kichijirō Ueda

Washizu's workman

Eiko Miyoshi

Old Woman at castle

Chieko Naniwa

Old Ghost Woman

Nakajirō Tomita

Military Commander #2

Yū Fujiki

Washizu samurai

Sachio Sakai

Washizu samurai

Shin Ōtomo

Washizu samurai

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Washizu samurai

Yoshio Inaba

Military Commander #3

Takeo Oikawa

Miki party member

Akira Tani

Washizu soldier

Ikio Sawamura

Washizu soldier

Yutaka Sada

Washizu samurai

Seijirô Onda

Miki party member #2

Shinpei Takagi

Commander

Masao Masuda

Commander

Mitsuo Asano

Washizu samurai

Asao Koike

Tsuzuki soldier

Takeshi Katō

Guard killed by Washizu

Hitoshi Takagi

Tsuzuki guard

Michiya Higuchi

Tsuki guard

Senkichi Ōmura

Washizu samurai

Shirō Tsuchiya

Commander

Jun Ōtomo

Commander

Isao Kimura

Phantom samurai

Seiji Miyaguchi

Phantom samurai

Nobuo Nakamura

Phantom samurai

Art

Yoshirō Muraki

Production Design

Camera

Asakazu Nakai

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Yoshirō Muraki

Costume Design

Junjirō Yamada

Hairstylist

Masanori Kobayashi

Makeup Artist

Yoshiko Matsumoto

Hairstylist

Directing

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Yoshimitsu Banno

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Akira Kurosawa

Producer

Sound

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer

Ichirô Minawa

Sound Designer

Fumio Yanoguchi

Sound Recordist

Masanao Uehara

Assistant Sound Editor

Writing

Ryūzō Kikushima

Screenplay

Shinobu Hashimoto

Screenplay

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

William Shakespeare

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