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1957 | DIRECTED BY AKIRA KUROSAWA

Throne of Blood

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Movie Stats
Year
1957
Runtime
 110 minutes (1 hr 50 mins)
Select Cast
Toshiro Mifune
Isuzu Yamada
Takashi Shimura
Akira Kubo
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Minoru Chiaki
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First viewed:
18th Dec 2024
Last viewed:
21st Mar 2026
Total views:
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Release Dates
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 US release
22nd November 1961
64 years 7 months 20 days ago
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Directed by
akira kurosawa Akira Kurosawa
Starring
Toshiro MifuneTaketoki Washizu
Isuzu YamadaLady Asaji Washizu
Takashi ShimuraNoriyasu Odagura
Akira KuboYoshiteru Miki
Hiroshi TachikawaKunimaru Tsuzuki
Minoru ChiakiYoshiaki Miki
Takamaru SasakiKuniharu Tsuzuki
Gen ShimizuWashizu samurai
Kokuten KodoMilitary Commander
Kichijiro UedaWashizu's workman
Eiko MiyoshiOld Woman at castle
Chieko NaniwaOld Ghost Woman
Nakajiro TomitaSecond Military Commander
Yu FujikiWashizu samurai
Sachio SakaiWashizu samurai
Shin OtomoWashizu samurai
Yoshio TsuchiyaWashizu samurai
Yoshio InabaThird Military Commander
Takeo OikawaMiki party member
Akira TaniWashizu soldier
Ikio SawamuraWashizu soldier
Yutaka SadaWashizu samurai
Seijiro OndaSecond Miki party member
Shinpei TakagiCommander
Masao MasudaCommander
Mitsuo AsanoWashizu samurai
Shobun InoueServant
Asao KoikeTsuzuki soldier
Takeshi KatoGuard killed by Washizu
Hitoshi TakagiTsuzuki guard
Michiya HiguchiTsuki guard
Senkichi OmuraWashizu samurai
Goro SakuraiServant
Shiro TsuchiyaCommander
Takeo MatsushitaCommander
Jun OtomoCommander
Kamayuki TsubonoServant
Fuminori OhashiSamurai
Isao KimuraPhantom samurai
Seiji MiyaguchiPhantom samurai
Nobuo NakamuraPhantom samurai
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News from around the web
Some Thoughts on Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood  CrimeReads Fri, 2nd February 2024

Throne of Blood (1957) – Review  Yorkshire Magazine Fri, 27th June 2025

Silent Chambers and Spider Webs in "Throne of Blood"  The Film Experience Tue, 26th April 2016

Akira Kurosawa fired real arrows at Toshiro Mifune in ‘Throne of Blood’  Far Out Magazine Fri, 17th November 2023

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Oeuvre: Kurosawa: Throne of Blood  Spectrum Culture Thu, 30th October 2025

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