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| International Title: |
| The Throne of Blood |
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| Japanese Title: |
| Spider Web Castle |
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| Production: Toho |
| Distributor: Toho |
| Japan Release Date |
Japan Running Time |
| 1957 |
109 Minutes |
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| US Distributor: Brandon
Films |
| US Release Date |
US Running Time |
| 1961 |
109 Minutes |
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| Staff |
Directed
by Akira Kurosawa
Writing credits Akira
Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto,
William Shakespeare
Produced by Akira
Kurosawa, Sojiro Motoki
Music by Masaru
Sato
Cinematography by Asakazu Nakai
Film Editing by Akira
Kurosawa
Assistant Director Hiromichi Horikawa
Production Design by Yoshiro Muraki, Kohei Ezaki
Special Effects by Eiji
Tsuburaya |
| Cast |
Taketori
Washizu Toshiro
Mifune
Lady Asaji Washizu Isuzu Yamada
Noriyasu Odagura Takashi
Shimura
Yoshiteru Miki Akira Kubo
Kunimaru Tsuzuk Hiroshi Tachikawa
Yoshiaki Miki Minoru Chiaki
Kuniharu Tsuzuki Takamaru Sasaki
Washizu's Workman Kichijiro Ueda
Elderly Woman at the Castle Eiko Miyoshi
Spirit of Spider's Web Chieko Naniwa
Military Commanders Kokuten Kodo, Nakajiro Tomita,
Yoshio Inaba
Washizu Samurai Yu Fujiki, Sachio Sakai, Shin Otomo,
Yoshio Tsuchiya, Senkichi Omura, Akira Tani, Ikio Sawamura,
Yutaka Sada
Miki Party Members Takeo Obugawa, Seijiro Onda
Commanders Shinpei Takagi, Masao Masuda, Shiro Tsuchiya,
Takaeo Matsushita, Jun Otomo
Servants Kyoro Sakurai, Akifumi Inoue, Kaneyuki Tsubono
Guard Assigned to Kill Yoshiteru Miki Takeshi Kato
Tsuzuki guard Hitoshi Takagi
Tsuki guard Higuchi
Samurai Fuminori Ohashi
Phantom Samurai Seiji Miyaguchi, Nobuo Nakamura, Isao
Kimura
- Gen Shimizu |
| Monster Appearances |
Aliens, SDF, Misc |
| None |
Spirit
of Spider's Web |
| Stock Footage |
Other Points of Interest |
| None |
N/A |
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| DVDs |
Region 1 Throne
of Blood Criterion (2003)
Region 2 Spider Web Castle Toho (2003)
Region 4 Throne of Blood Madman (2005) |
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4.5/5