The Kurosawa Century #7: Shakespeare in Feudal Japan: Throne of Blood (1957) & Ran (1985)

Throne of Blood (1957, 111 Minutes) Kurosawa's intense and violent version of Shakespeare's Macbeth leans into the militaristic aspects of the play. Toshiro Mifune stars as Samurai commander Washizu who is told by an evil spirit in the forest, he will be king someday. When he confides in his wife Asaji (Isuzu Yamada) she persuades him to murder the Lord of the Castle. Throne of Blood is one of…