On the shelf
Throne of Blood
1957Age guide: 12+
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See it on the shelfReturning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures.…
★ 7.9/10 · 1,041 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
Toshirō MifuneTaketoki Washizu
Isuzu YamadaLady Asaji Washizu
Takashi ShimuraNoriyasu Odagura
Akira KuboYoshiteru Miki
Hiroshi TachikawaKunimaru Tsuzuki
Minoru ChiakiYoshiaki Miki
Takamaru SasakiKuniharu Tsuzuki
Gen ShimizuWashizu samurai
Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
CRCulver: One of a number of films that Akira Kurosawa made in the 1950s and which have become classics, Throne of Blood is the… Read full review
CinemaSerf: I think that this is a superb tragi-adventure story that stands out well amongst the numerous loose adaptations of Shakespeare that have been… Read full review