A truly remarkable film, Throne of Blood manages to combine beauty and terror to produce a mood of truly haunting power. Starring the irrepressible Toshiro Mifune as the doomed warlord Washizu and a wonderfully creepy turn by Isuzu Yamadaas the Lady Macbeth-inspired Asaji, the film shows Kurosawa's familiar mastery of atmosphere and action combined with the savagery of war.

one of the most celebrated screen adaptations of shakespeare, akira kurosawa's throne of blood reimagines macbeth in feudal japan. starring kurosawa's longtime collaborator toshiro mifune and the legendary isuzu yamada as his ruthless wife, the film tells the tale of a valiant warrior's savage rise to power and his ignominious fall. with throne of blood, kurosawa fuses one of shakespeare's greatest tragedies with the formal elements of japanese noh theater to make a macbeth that is all his own - a classic tale of ambition and duplicity set against a ghostly landscape of fog and inescapable doom.

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Director	Akira Kurosawa
Actor	Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Sorimachi (J-Pop), Akira Kubo, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada
Label	Criterion Collection

Genre	Drama History War
Content	DVD
FSK / age rating	from age 16
Publication date	27.05.2003
Region code	1
Edition	Criterion Collection
Version	US Version
Original title	Kumonosu-jô (Japanese)
Year of production	1957
Length	109 Minutes
Audio	Japanese (Dolby Digital 1.0)
Subtitles	English
Extras	Theatrical trailer, Audio commentary
Screen	1.33:1

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Wenn die Wälder nach Rache dürsten....

Written on 18. June 2003 by der koma-läufer.

In einer dichten, unheimlichen Atmosphäre erzählt Kurosawa vom Aufstieg und Fall eines Samurais. ein Meisterwerk ohne seines gleichen.