Throne of Blood (1957)

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Directed By Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Starring Toshirô Mifune Toshirô Mifune  •  Isuzu Yamada Isuzu Yamada  •  Minoru Chiaki Minoru Chiaki  •  Takashi Shimura Takashi Shimura  •  Akira Kubo Akira Kubo Genres Action Thriller  •  Action  •  Based-on-Shakespeare  •  Based-on-Theatre  •  Drama  •  Foreign Language Film  •  Period Film  •  Samurai Film  •  Thriller  •  War Studios &
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Other Titles Kumonosu-jô [Japan] Release Info 1957-01-15T00:00:00Z January 15, 1957
B&W  •  109 minutes NR Rated NR
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AlgorithmJMO said on 3/31/2022

"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

Celldweller7 on 5/25/2016 Reply  · 

Essentially perfect.

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hambone88

hambone88 on 4/21/2020 Reply  · 

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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