Kumonosujō = Throne of blood / Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha ; Janus Films ; screenplay, Oguni Hideo, Kurosawa Akira, Hashimoto Shinobu, Kikushima Ryūzō ; director, Kurosawa Akira.
蜘蛛巣城 = Throne of blood 東宝株式会社 ; screenplay, 小国英雄, 黒澤明, 橋本忍, 菊島隆三 ; director, 黒澤明.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, director, screenwriter.

Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996, screenwriter.

Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018, screenwriter.

Kikushima, Ryūzō, 1914-1989, screenwriter.

Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, actor.

Yamada, Isuzu, 1917-2012, actor.

Kubo, Akira, actor.

Satō, Masaru, composer.

Jeck, Michael C., commentator.

Prince, Stephen, 1955-2020, commentator.

Hoaglund, Linda, translator.

Richie, Donald, 1924-2013, translator.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, producer.

Janus Films, producer.

Criterion Collection (Firm), distributor.

小国英雄, 1904-1996, screenwriter.

橋本忍, 1918-2018, screenwriter.

菊島隆三, 1914-1989, screenwriter.

山田五十鈴, 1917-2012, actor.

Kubo, Akira

東宝株式会社., producer.

黒澤明, 1910-

三船敏郎, 1920-

Series:

Criterion collection ; 190.

The Criterion collection ; 190

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Samurai.

Japan.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Samurai--Japan.

Motion pictures, Japanese.

Genre:

Film adaptations.

Feature films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([24] pages ; 19 cm).

monochrome

Other Title:

Throne of blood

Place of Publication:

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2003]

Language Note:

In Japanese with English subtitles.

System Details:

DVD - NTSC; Dolby digital, mono; Region 1.

digital

optical

mono

Dolby

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

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.

Participant:

Mifune Toshirō, Yamada Isuzu, Kubo Akira and others.

Credits:

Cinematographer, Nakai Asakazu ; original music, Sato Masaru.

Notes:

Based on Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Aspect ratio 1.33:1.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.

Special features: Audio commentary by Japanese-film expert Michael Jeck; original theatrical trailer; new essay by Stephen Prince (The warrior's camera: The cinema of Akira Kurosawa); two different subtitle translations, each by a world-renowned translator of Japanese films: one by Linda Hoaglund, the other by Donald Richie.

Related Work:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.

ISBN:

0780026446

OCLC:

52338123

Publisher Number:

037429175828

THR130 Criterion Collection