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DVD

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Throne of blood = Kumonosujō

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Full screen version.

Languages

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Performers

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

Publication Information

[United States] : Criterion Collection, c2003.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : col. ill. ; 19 cm.).

Audience

Not rated.

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.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.

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.

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.

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