Throne of Blood

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Throne of Blood is a 1957 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa that transposes Shakespeare’s Macbeth into feudal Japan, renowned for its atmospheric blend of Noh theatre aesthetics and samurai cinema.

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Throne of Blood canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese film
film
jidaigeki film
samurai film
alsoKnownAs Kumonosu-jō NERFINISHED
basedOn Macbeth NERFINISHED
play by William Shakespeare
cinematographer Asakazu Nakai NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Japan
criticalReception acclaimed
director Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED
distributor Toho NERFINISHED
editor Toshio Goto NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Mount Fuji area NERFINISHED
genre period drama
tragedy film
hasAdaptationType literary adaptation
hasTheme ambition
betrayal
fate
guilt
the corrupting nature of power
influencedBy Noh theatre NERFINISHED
Shakespearean tragedy
mainCharacter Lady Asaji Washizu NERFINISHED
Taketoki Washizu NERFINISHED
musicBy Masaru Sato NERFINISHED
narrativeStructure tragedy
notableFor atmospheric black-and-white cinematography
blend of Noh and samurai cinema
transposition of Macbeth to feudal Japan
use of Noh theatre aesthetics
originalLanguage Japanese
partOf Akira Kurosawa filmography NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Isuzu Yamada NERFINISHED
Toshirō Mifune NERFINISHED
producer Sōjirō Motoki NERFINISHED
productionCompany Toho NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1957
releaseFormat black-and-white
runtime 110 minutes
screenwriter Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED
Hideo Oguni NERFINISHED
Ryūzō Kikushima NERFINISHED
Shinobu Hashimoto NERFINISHED
setting Spider’s Web Forest NERFINISHED
feudal Japan
titleLanguage Japanese title Kumonosu-jō

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Akira Kurosawa notableWork Throne of Blood
Shinobu Hashimoto notableWork Throne of Blood
Shinobu Hashimoto workedOn Throne of Blood