Genre Country Director Actor

Throne of Blood

Akira Kurosawa, 1957

Film Description

You will find no poetry in Throne of Blood's sparse dialogue, and little subtlety in its characterisation, but its pace, atmosphere and imagery have a power that is absolutely Shakespearean. The Bard's evocation of tenth-century Scotland is brilliantly re-imagined in Kurosawa's depiction of late fifteenth-century Japan, a world full of bestial omens and foul weather. Toshiro Mifune rants and rages as Washizu, the Macbeth equivalent, spurred on by the mesmerizing Isuzu Yamada as his wife. The climatic battle gave cinema one of its most enduring images: Mifune transformed into a human pin cushion by the arrows of his own men.

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Transposition of Shakespeares Macbeth to 16th century Japan. "Visually the film is a marvel because it is made of so little: fog, wind, trees, mist - the forest and t... more >

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Film Details

Director	Akira Kurosawa
Year	1957
Country	Asia, Japan

Cast

Toshiro Mifune

Technical Details

Certificate	PG
Length	104 mins
Label	BFI
Format	DVD B&W
Region	2
Aspect	1.33
Cat No	BFIVD533
Main Language	JAPANESE
Subtitles	English