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.

The greatest screen adaptation of Shakespeare`s Macbeth is Akira Kurosawa`s visceral Throne Of Blood (Kumonosu jo), starring Toshiro Mifune and Isuzu Yamada as the ambitious warrior and ruthless wife who try to murder their way to power and glory. Featuring some of the Japanese master`s most unforgettable, hallucinatory imagery, inspired by Noh theater as much as the classical source, this is Kurosawa at his atmospheric best.

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

Genre	Drama History War
Content	DVD
FSK / age rating	from age 12
Publication date	15.09.2009
Region code	1
Version	US Version
Original title	Kumonosu-jô (Japanese)
Year of production	1957
Length	105 Minutes
Audio	Japanese
Subtitles	English

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Wenn die Wälder nach Rache dürsten....

Written on 18. June 2003 by der koma-läufer.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

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