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Throne of Blood
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| Throne of Blood 蜘蛛巣城 |
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Original Japanese poster
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| Directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Produced by | Sōjirō Motoki Akira Kurosawa |
| Screenplay by | Shinobu Hashimoto Ryûzô Kikushima Akira Kurosawa Hideo Oguni |
| Based on | Macbeth by William Shakespeare(uncredited) |
| Starring | Toshiro Mifune Isuzu Yamada Takashi Shimura |
| Music by | Masaru Sato |
| Cinematography | Asakazu Nakai |
| Edited by | Akira Kurosawa |
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Toho Studios
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time
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110 min |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Throne of Blood (蜘蛛巣城 Kumonosu-jō?, literally, “Spider Web Castle”) is a 1957 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film transposes the plot of William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth to feudal Japan, with stylistic elements drawn from Noh drama.
