Kumonosu-j�o Throne of blood / [videorecording] = Throne of blood. Title on container: Akira Kurosawa's Throne of blood. Also known as: Spider web's castle. Toho Company ; director, Akira Kurosawa ; producers, Shojiro Motoki and Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay, Oguni Hideo, Hashimoto Shinobu, Kikushima Ryuzo, Kurosawa Akira. - [United States] : Criterion Collection, 2003. - 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide. - Criterion collection ; 190. . - Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 190. .

Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.

Cinematography, Nakai Asakazu ; music, Masaru Sato. Cinematography, Nakai Asakazu ; music, Masaru Sato.

Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki.

Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. Tells the story of a Samurai lord who kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.


DVD; Dolby Digital.


Japanese with English subtitles.

0780026446

3742917582

THR 130


Samurai films.
Feature films--Japan.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Foreign films.
Film adaptations.

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