Film record

Throne of Blood

Original title: 蜘蛛巣城

1957Feature film105 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Genres
drama film · samurai cinema

Credits

Art department

Yoshirō Muraki — Production design

Cinematography

Asakazu Nakai — Cinematography

Direction

Akira Kurosawa — Directing

Editing

Akira Kurosawa — Editing

Music

Masaru Sato — Music composition

Cast

Toshirō Mifune — Acting (Taketoki Washizu)
Isuzu Yamada — Acting (Asaji Washizu)
Takashi Shimura — Acting (Noriyasu Odagura)
Minoru Chiaki — Acting (Yoshiaki Miki)
Akira Kubo — Acting (Yoshiteru Miki)
Seiji Miyaguchi — Acting (Messenger)
Yoshio Inaba — Acting (Third Military Commander)
Hiroshi Tachikawa — Acting (Kunimaru Tsuzuki)
Takamaru Sasaki — Acting (Lord Kuniharu Tsuzuki)
Chieko Naniwa — Acting (Witch)
Kokuten Kōdō — Acting (First General)
Sachio Sakai — Acting (Washizu's samurai)
Yū Fujiki — Acting (Washizu's samurai)
Kichijirō Ueda — Acting (Washizu's workman)
Takeshi Katō — Acting (Tsuzuki's samurai)
Shōbun Inoue — Acting (Tsuzuki's messenger)
Asao Koike — Acting (Tsuzuki's messenger)
Eiko Miyoshi — Acting (Senior lady-in-waiting)
Isao Kimura — Acting (Messenger)

Production

Sōjirō Motoki — Production

Writing

Akira Kurosawa — Screenwriting
Shinobu Hashimoto — Screenwriting
Hideo Oguni — Screenwriting
Ryūzō Kikushima — Screenwriting
Documented participation

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Distribution

Tōhō

International
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Distribution

Netflix

International
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Production

Tōhō

International
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