Presented By: Center for Japanese Studies
Throne of Blood
CJS Fall 2010 Film Series ~ "Re-Viewing Kurosawa"
1957 / 109 min. / 35mm / In Japanese with English subtitles
Kurosawa's savage and unrestrained adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in medieval Japan, plunges viewers into an eerie, fog-shrouded world of madness and obsession. It is often considered the finest Shakespeare adaptation in the history of cinema.
Kurosawa's savage and unrestrained adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in medieval Japan, plunges viewers into an eerie, fog-shrouded world of madness and obsession. It is often considered the finest Shakespeare adaptation in the history of cinema.