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Throne of Blood - Criterion Collection (DVD)
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Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kokuten Kodo, Eiko Miyoshi, Sachio Sakai
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Studio: Criterion
Rating: Unrated
Genre: Drama / War
Release Date: May 27, 2003
Running Time: 1 hr. 49 mins.
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SYNOPSIS:
SPECIAL FEATURES
· New high-definition digital transfer
· Audio commentary by Japanese-film expert Michael Jeck
· Original theatrical trailer
· New essay by Stephen Prince (The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa)
· Two alternative subtitle translations: a new version from renowned Japanese-film translator Linda Hoaglund, and Kurosawa expert Donald Richie
· Notes on subtitling by Linda Hoaglund and Donald Richie
· New and improved English subtitle translation
· Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
Director Akira Kurosawa's magnificent rumination on Shakespeare's tragic "Macbeth" is a dark samurai drama set in feudal Japan. Two soldiers -- Washizu (Toshiro Mifune) and Miki (Minoru Chiaki) find themselves lost in a dense forest during a powerful thunderstorm. There, they encounter a ghostly old woman who predicts that Washizu will soon rise to power. Indeed, Washizu embarks on a murderously ambitious path and quickly fulfills the prophecy.