| Description |
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 190.
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| System Details |
DVD, Region 1 encoding. |
| Language |
In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Mifune Toshirō, Yamada Isuzu, Kubo Akira and others. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Nakai Asakazu ; original music, Sato Masaru. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957. |
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Also reissued in 2014. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Contents |
Features: Restores image and sound -- Audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck -- Original theatrical trailer -- New essay by Stephen Prince: the warrior's camera: the cinema of Akira Kurowawa -- 2 different subtitle translations -- Notes on subtitling. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. Tells the story of a Samurai lord who kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy. |
| Subject |
Samurai -- Japan -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (JAPANESE), VIDEODISCS.
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| Added Author |
Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996.
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Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-
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Kikushima, Ryūzō, 1914-1989.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
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Yamada, Isuzu, 1917-2012.
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Kubo, Akira.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Macbeth.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Throne of blood |
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Kumonosujō |
| Cover Title |
Akira Kurosawa's Throne of blood |
| ISBN |
0780026446 |
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9780780026445 |
| Standard No. |
037429175828 |
| Music No. |
THR130 Criterion Collection |
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CC2323BDDVD-2 Criterion Collection |
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