Overview
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
Details
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writer
- Hideo Oguni
- Original Language
- Japanese
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Akira Kubo
Gen Shimizu
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Isuzu Yamada
Kichijir? Ueda
Kokuten K?d?
Minoru Chiaki
Takamaru Sasaki
Takashi Shimura
Toshir? Mifune
Keywords
ambition
based on novel or book
betrayal
castle
criterion
feudal japan
feudal lord
ghost
japan
jidaigeki
prophecy
samurai
sengoku period
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