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Throne of Blood

蜘蛛巣城

1957

Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Studio:
Toho
Starring:
Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura

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In this retelling of Macbeth set in feudal Japan, the general Washizu is told by a forest spirit that he will become lord of Spider's Web Castle. Spurred on by his ambitious wife Asaji, he murders his lord to fulfil the prophecy and is consumed by paranoia and guilt.