Throne of Blood

About Throne of Blood

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.

Throne of Blood is a 1957 history film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It runs 108 minutes and was released in January 1957.

Toshirō Mifune stars as Taketoki Washizu, Isuzu Yamada as Lady Asaji Washizu, Takashi Shimura as Noriyasu Odagura, and Akira Kubo as Yoshiteru Miki. Written by Akira Kurosawa and Hideo Oguni. It is adapted from a novel.

Members will find castle, samurai, jidaigeki, and ambition in it. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

Ugetsu, Kagemusha, and Yojimbo make useful companions to Throne of Blood, all filed under black and white, feudal japan, and ghost. It scores 7.9 out of 10 from 1,025 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.