Throne of Blood

Akira Kurosawa
1957-01-15


7.927
108 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Toshirō Mifune Taketori Washizu Unowned
Isuzu Yamada Lady Asaji Washizu Unowned
Takashi Shimura Noriyasu Odagura Unowned
Akira Kubo Yoshiteru Miki Unowned
Hiroshi Tachikawa Kunimaru Tsuzuki Unowned
Minoru Chiaki Yoshiaki Miki Unowned
Takamaru Sasaki Kuniharu Tsuzuki Unowned
Gen Shimizu Unowned
Kokuten Kōdō Military Commander Unowned
Kichijirō Ueda Washizu's workman Unowned
Eiko Miyoshi Old Woman at castle Unowned
Chieko Naniwa Old Ghost Woman Unowned
Nakajirō Tomita Military Commander #2 Unowned
Yū Fujiki Washizu samurai Unowned
Sachio Sakai Washizu samurai Unowned
Shin Ōtomo Washizu samurai Unowned
Yoshio Tsuchiya Washizu samurai Unowned
Yoshio Inaba Military Commander #3 Unowned
Takeo Oikawa Miki party member Unowned
Akira Tani Washizu soldier Unowned
Ikio Sawamura Washizu soldier Unowned
Yutaka Sada Washizu samurai Unowned
Seijirô Onda Miki party member #2 Unowned
Shinpei Takagi Commander Unowned
Masao Masuda Commander Unowned
Mitsuo Asano Unowned
Shōbun Inoue Servant Unowned
Asao Koike Unowned
Takeshi Katō Guard killed by Washizu Unowned
Hitoshi Takagi Tsuzuki guard Unowned
Michiya Higuchi Tsuki guard Unowned
Senkichi Ōmura Washizu samurai Unowned
Gorô Sakurai Servant Unowned
Shirō Tsuchiya Commander Unowned
Takeo Matsushita Commander Unowned
Jun Ōtomo Commander Unowned
Kamayuki Tsubono Servant Unowned
Fuminori Ōhashi Samurai Unowned
Isao Kimura Phantom samurai Unowned
Seiji Miyaguchi Phantom samurai Unowned
Nobuo Nakamura Phantom samurai Unowned