Throne of Blood (1957)

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Directed By Akira Kurosawa Starring Toshirô Mifune • Isuzu Yamada • Minoru Chiaki • Takashi Shimura • Akira Kubo Genres Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-Shakespeare • Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Foreign Language Film • Period Film • Samurai Film • Thriller • War Studios &
Franchises The Criterion Collection • BFI • They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? • 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die • Madman Films • The Cinemaholic's 100 Best Japanese Movies of All Time Other Titles Kumonosu-jô [Japan] Release Info 1957-01-15T00:00:00Z January 15, 1957
B&W • 109 minutes NR Rated NR see more films from 1957 ► see more about this film on our blog ►

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Throne of Blood vs. Ran

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"I need to revisit Throne of Blood by I fell in love with Kurosawa's color usage in Ran." more ►

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Celldweller7 on 5/25/2016 Reply · Like · (2 likes)

Essentially perfect.

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hambone88 on 4/21/2020 Reply · Like · (1 like)

Obviously this has great source material to go off of (Macbeth), and almost every aspect of the movie really reflects that same quality work. The first act was the best in my opinion, but the rest of the movie carried out greatness in its own way.

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