Title:
Throne of blood = Kumonosujō / Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha ; seisaku, Kurosawa Akira, Motoki Sōjirō ; kyakuhon, Kurosawa Akira, Oguni Hideo, Hashimoto Shinobu, Kikushima Ryūzō ; kantoku, Kurosawa Akira.
ISBN:
9781681430447
Edition:
Dual-format edition.
DVD edition.
Publication Information:
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
©2014
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Based on Shakespears's Macbeth.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
Special features: Commentary (featuring Japanese-film expert Michael Jeck); Akira Kurosawa: it is wonderful to create (documentary on the making of the film, part of the Toho Masterworks series); Trailer; Two alternate English subtitle translations by Japanese-film translator Linda Hoaglund and Kurosawa expert Donald Richie. Booklet featuring essay by film historian Stephen Prince and notes on the subtitling by Hoaglund and Richie.
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital.
Summary:
A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, directed by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai), sets Shakespeare's definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. The film fuses classical Western tragedy with formal elements taken from Noh Theater to create an unforgettable cinematic experience.
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Language Note:
Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
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Performer:
Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Isuzu Yamada, Akira Kubo, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Minoru Chiaki, Takamaru Sasaki.
Production Credits:
Music, Masaru Sato ; cinematography, Asakazu Nakai.
OCLC Number:
ocn866908253
Availability:
Lakeville - Heritage~1
Rosemount - Robert Trail~1
