Throne of Blood 1957 · Japan · 110 minutes · 3 wins & 1 nomination. tragedy period film samurai film Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Akira Kubo Director: Akira Kurosawa A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle. Tags: rise and fall stories, crime gone awry 8.1 / 10 Login to add your rating Have you seen it? Add to your watchlist Like A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle. Tags: rise and fall stories, crime gone awry Watch Throne of Blood trailer Starring of Throne of Blood Toshirô Mifune as Taketori Washizu Isuzu Yamada as Lady Asaji Washizu Akira Kubo as Yoshiteru Miki Takashi Shimura as Noriyasu Odagura Minoru Chiaki as Yoshiaki Miki Hiroshi Tachikawa as Kunimaru Tsuzuki Takamaru Sasaki as Kuniharu Tsuzuki Gen Shimizu as Military Commander Kokuten Kôdô as Washizus workman Kichijirô Ueda as Old Woman at castle Eiko Miyoshi as Old Ghost Woman Chieko Naniwa as Washizu samurai Yū Fujiki as Washizu samurai Yoshio Tsuchiya as Washizu samurai Yutaka Sada as Military Commander 3 Yoshio Inaba as Guard killed by Washizu Takeshi Katô as Tsuzuki guard Hitoshi Takagi as Phantom samurai Isao Kimura as Phantom samurai Seiji Miyaguchi as Phantom samurai Nobuo Nakamura as Military Commander 2 Nakajirô Tomita as Washizu samurai Sachio Sakai as Washizu samurai Shin Ôtomo as Washizu samurai Seijirô Onda as Washizu samurai Senkichi Ômura as Washizu soldier Akira Tani as Washizu soldier Ikio Sawamura as Miki party member Takeo Oikawa as Miki party member 2 Seijirô Onda as Commander Shinpei Takagi as Commander Masao Masuda as Commander Shirô Tsuchiya as Commander Takeo Matsushita as Commander Jun Ôtomo as Tsuki guard Michiya Higuchi as Servant Shôbun Inoue as Servant Gorô Sakurai as Servant Kamayuki Tsubono as Samurai Fuminori Ôhashi as Storyline of Throne of Blood Mikio and Washizu are the commanders of the 1st and 2nd Fortress under a local lord, who reigns in the Spiders' Web Castle. After defeating the lord's enemies in battle, they visit the fortress. Washizu, driven by his wife, conspires and murders the lord, becoming lord of the castle. But his evil deeds come back to haunt him. Genre: drama, history Theme: rise and fall stories, crime gone awry Mood: tough guys Attribute: high artistic quality, high production values Flag: not for children, violence Award: 3 wins & 1 nomination. Rating of Throne of Blood 8.1 / 10 Login to add your rating Have you seen it? Add to your watchlist Like 0 0 0 0 0 Reviews of Throne of Blood Write your review or comment