Kumonosujō = Throne of blood (Spider's web castle) /

Kumonosujō = Throne of blood (Spider's web castle) /

蜘蛛巢城 = Throne of blood (Spider's web castle) /

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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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Satō, Masaru, 1928-1999 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Criterion Collection (Firm), Janus Films
Other Authors:	Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996 (Screenwriter), Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998 (Director, Producer), Motoki, Sōjirō (Producer), Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997 (Actor), Yamada, Isuzu, 1917-2012 (Actor), Kubo, Akira (Actor), Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999 (Actor), Ochiai, Saburō (Actor), Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982 (Actor), Naniwa, Chieko (Actor), Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Format:	Unknown
Language:	Japanese English
Published:	[Tokyo, Japan] : Toho Company, [1957]
Series:	Criterion collection ; 190
Subjects:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Macbeth > Film adaptations. DVD-Video discs Feature films Film adaptations Historical films Samurai films Samurai > Japan > Drama Video recordings for hard of hearing people Video recordings

Description
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
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1957 Title from disc label
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : color, illustrated ; 19 cm.)
Format:	DVD, Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated
Production Credits:	Original music, Masaru Sato; photography, Asakazu Nikai
ISBN:	0780026446 9780780026445