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Kumonosujō

Kbf!I!!C!, 1910-1998, film producer, screenwriter, film director.!;EK7o!Tk!_B, 1904-1996, screenwriter.!Ci!Cg-U-!0Q!\g, film producer.!0$!TF!BJ!\g, 1920-1997, actor.'Xm!Cr'6o, 1905-1982, actor.!;e!L$!0T!4W!]X, 1917-2012, actor.!15!V3!47, 1928-1999, composer (expression)!D&';9!DS!=9'CZ!Na, production company. Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998 (film producer,, screenwriter,, film director.). Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996 (screenwriter.). Motoki, Sōjirō, (film producer.). Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997 (actor.). Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982 (actor.). Yamada, Isuzu, 1917-2012 (actor.). Satō, Masaru, 1928-1999 (composer (expression)). Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Macbeth. (Added Author). Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (film distributor.). Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Isuzu Yamada, Akira Kubo, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Minoru Chiaki, Takamaru Sasaki. (Cast).

A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, directed by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai), sets Shakespeare's definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. The film fuses classical Western tragedy with formal elements taken from Noh Theater to create an unforgettable cinematic experience.

DVD  - 2014
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Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth > Film adaptations.
Samurai > Japan > Drama.
Japan > History > Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 > Drama.
Japan.
Genre
Foreign language films > Japanese.
Samurai films.
War films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings.
Drama.
  • ISBN: 1681430444
  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition Dual-format edition.
  • Publisher [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:
English title: Throne of blood.
Based on Shakespears's Macbeth.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
Special features: Commentary (featuring Japanese-film expert Michael Jeck); Akira Kurosawa: it is wonderful to create (documentary on the making of the film, part of the Toho Masterworks series); Trailer; Two alternate English subtitle translations by Japanese-film translator Linda Hoaglund and Kurosawa expert Donald Richie. Booklet featuring essay by film historian Stephen Prince and notes on the subtitling by Hoaglund and Richie.
GMD: videodisc.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Music, Masaru Sato ; cinematography, Asakazu Nakai.
Participant or Performer Note: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Isuzu Yamada, Akira Kubo, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Minoru Chiaki, Takamaru Sasaki.
System Details Note:
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital.
Language Note:
Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.

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