Throne of Blood DVD 1957 蜘蛛巣城 / Directed by Akira Kurosawa / Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura

UPC 5035673005330  /  BFIVD533

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REGION 2 PAL DVD

Audio: Japanese mono

Subtitles: English  

Runtime: 104 minutes

!!! Condition of this DVD is USED LIKE NEW !!!

English Summary:

Throne of Blood (蜘蛛巣城, Kumonosu-jō, "Spider Web Castle") is a 1957 Japanese historical drama film co-written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film transposes the plot of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth from Medieval Scotland to feudal Japan, with stylistic elements drawn from Noh drama. The film stars Toshiro Mifune and Isuzu Yamada in the lead roles, modelled on the characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. 

Generals Miki and Washizu are Samurai commanders and friends under Lord Tsuzuki, a local lord, who reigns in the castle of the Spider's Web Forest. After defeating the lord's enemies in battle, they return to Tsuzuki's castle. On their way through the thick forest surrounding the castle, they meet a spirit, who foretells their future. The spirit tells them that today Washizu will be named Lord of the Northern Garrison and Miki will become commander of the first fortress. She then foretells that Washizu eventually will become Lord of Spider's Web Castle, and finally she tells Miki that his son will become lord of the castle. When the two return to Tsuzuki's estate, he rewards them with exactly what the spirit had predicted. As Washizu discusses this with Asaji, his wife, she manipulates him into making the second part of the prophecy come true by murdering Tsuzuki when he visits.

Japanese Summary:

北の館（きたのたち）の主・藤巻の謀反を鎮圧した武将、鷲津武時と三木義明は、喜ぶ主君・都築国春に召し呼ばれ、蜘蛛巣城へ馬を走らせていたが、雷鳴の中、慣れているはずの「蜘蛛手の森」で道に迷い、奇妙な老婆と出会う。老婆は、武時はやがて北の館の主、そして蜘蛛巣城の城主になることを、義明は一の砦の大将となり、やがて子が蜘蛛巣城の城主になることを告げる。ふたりは一笑に付すが、主君が与えた褒賞は、武時を北の館の主に、義明を一の砦の大将に任ずるものであった。

武時から一部始終を聞いた妻・浅茅は、老婆の予言を国春が知れば、こちらが危ないと、謀反をそそのかし、武時の心は揺れ動く。折りしも、国春が、藤巻の謀反の黒幕、隣国の乾を討つために北の館へやって来る。その夜、浅茅は見張りの兵士たちを痺れ薬入りの酒で眠らせ、武時は、眠っている国春を殺す。主君殺しの濡れ衣をかけられた臣下・小田倉則安は国春の嫡男・国丸を擁し、蜘蛛巣城に至るが、蜘蛛巣城の留守をあずかっていた義明は開門せず、弓矢で攻撃してきたため、2人は逃亡する。

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