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

Kumonosujō [videorecording] = Throne of blood (Spider's web castle) / Janus Films ; Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha ; producers, Kurowasa Akira, Motoki Sojiro ; screenplay, Oguni Hideo ... [et al.] ; director, Kurosawa Akira.

小国英雄, 黒澤明, 本木荘二郎. 三船敏郎, 山田五十鈴, 久保明. 千秋実, 志村乔, 浪花千栄子. 佐藤勝, 東宝株式会社.
Contributor(s): Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996 [aus] | Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998 [drt, pro] | Motoki, Sojiro [pro] | Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997 | Yamada, Isuzu, 1917-2012 | Kubo, Akira | Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999 | Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982 | Naniwa, Chieko | Satō, Masaru, 1928-1999 | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth | Janus Films | Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha | Criterion Collection (Firm).
Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs): 190.Publisher: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2003Edition: Widescreen.Description: 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : col. ill. ; 19 cm.).ISBN: 0780026446; 9780780026445.Other title: Throne of blood (Spider's web castle) | Akira Kurosawa's Throne of blood [English title on disc label:] | Throne of blood.Subject(s): Samurai -- Japan -- DramaGenre/Form: Samurai films. | Action and adventure films. | Film adaptations. | Fiction films. | Feature films.
Incomplete contents:
Features: Restored image and sound -- Audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck -- Original theatrical trailer -- New essay by Stephen Prince: the warrior's camera: the cinema of Akira Kurowawa -- 2 different subtitle translations -- Notes on subtitling.
Production Credits: Original music, Masaru Sato.
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada , Akira Kubo, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura, Chieko Naniwa.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.
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DVDs DVDs American University in Dubai American University in Dubai AUDIO & DVD Collection DVD Throne (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5091321

DVD, Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada , Akira Kubo, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura, Chieko Naniwa.

Original music, Masaru Sato.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.

Not rated.

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.

Special features: Audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck ; original theatrical trailer ; new essay by Stephen Prince (The warrior's camera : the cinema of Akira Kurowawa) ; 2 different subtitle translations, one by Linda Hoaglund, the other by Donald Richie ; notes on subtitling.

Features: Restored image and sound -- Audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck -- Original theatrical trailer -- New essay by Stephen Prince: the warrior's camera: the cinema of Akira Kurowawa -- 2 different subtitle translations -- Notes on subtitling.

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