Throne of Blood
1957 · 108 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 57,752 VOTES · DIR. Akira Kurosawa
Overview
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
Dialogue Timeline — 730 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:18 TOHO CO., LTD.
00:06:06 who poured across our border full force.
00:08:57 Lord.
00:12:29 Do you recall such a hovel?
00:15:37 The life of Man
00:18:13 And my realm and rank thereafter?
00:25:18 Most distinguished warrior in battle
00:29:39 My Lord, you have but two paths ahead.
00:32:16 all from Spider's Web Castle.
00:35:34 And still you doubt. Listen.
00:38:53 begged our Great Lord for his life. This is coward's blood.
00:49:12 Intruders! Intruders!
00:53:49 Washizu swiftly approaches.
01:02:36 We shall speak of it at greater length.
01:05:22 Someday, we must choose an heir.
01:07:48 without bloodshed, without heaping corpse on corpse.
01:13:10 Rumor has it that Inui has spies afoot.
01:18:47 Two commanders
01:22:43 What is it?
01:26:58 rise against Spider's Web Castle
01:31:00 withdrew en masse without receiving a single arrow?
01:35:30 Hey.
01:40:58 This awful stain of blood.
01:49:34 THE END
Cast & Characters
Toshirô Mifune
Taketoki Washizu
Minoru Chiaki
Yoshiaki Miki
Isuzu Yamada
Lady Asaji Washizu
Takashi Shimura
Noriyasu Odagura
Akira Kubo
Yoshiteru Miki
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Kunimaru Tsuzuki
Takamaru Sasaki
Kuniharu Tsuzuki
Gen Shimizu
Washizu samurai
Kokuten Kôdô
Military Commander
Kichijirô Ueda
Washizu's workman
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed730
Dialogue density6.8 lines / min
First line00:00:18
Final line01:49:34
Production Record
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
LanguageJapanese
Revenue$13,422
IMDb votes57,752