Transposing the action to sixteenth century Japan,Throne of BloodisAkira Kurosawa'sremarkable re-telling of Shakespeare'sMacbeth.
A new 4K restoration ofAkira Kurosawa’sastonishing filmthat’sconsidered to be one of the great adaptations of Shakespeare’sMacbeth.
A truly remarkable film,Throne of Bloodmanages to combine beauty and terror to produce a mood of truly haunting power. Starring the irrepressible Toshiro Mifune as the doomed warlordWashizuand a wonderfully creepy turn by Isuzu Yamada as the Lady Macbeth-inspiredAsaji, the film shows Kurosawa's familiar mastery of atmosphere and action combined with the savagery of war.
Extras
Newly restored in 4K and presented in High Definition
Audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck
Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create – Throne of Blood(2002, 23 mins): this documentary about the making of
Throne of Bloodfeatures interviews with Akira Kurosawa, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, Noh performer Mitsuhiro Honda (from the Konparu School), and actress Isuzu Yamada
Macbeth(1909, 16 mins): transposed from the typical dreich Scottish landscape to medieval Italy, this Italian version has Russian titles, demonstrating how widely exported these films were in the 1900s
Macbeth(1945, 16 mins): two scenes from Shakespeare’s famous Scottish tragedy, with Wilfrid Lawson and Cathleen Nesbitt as a fine murderous duo
Original trailer
**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with writing on the film by Alex Barrett, an essay on Kurosawa’s adaptations of Shakespeare by Ben Nicholson,Kurosawa onThrone of Blood(1964) and an original review
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