Throne of Blood (1957)

A master of period-drama, Akira Kurosawa recasts Macbeth as a Japanese warlord in one of the greatest Shakespearean adaptations.
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1957 Japan
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Produced by
Akira Kurosawa, Sojiro Motoki
Written by
Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa
Featuring
Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
Running time
105 minutes

Ranked in The Greatest Films of All Time poll

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Margot Benacerraf
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Peter Greenaway
UK
Walter Hill
USA
John Landis
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Wang Xiaoshuai
China

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