Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Age rating
- 12
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Frights
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- japan
- samurai
- based on novel or book
- prophecy
- castle
- siege
- ambition
- betrayal
- black and white
- ghost
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Toshirō Mifune
Taketoki Washizu
Isuzu Yamada
Lady Asaji Washizu
Takashi Shimura
Noriyasu Odagura
Akira Kubo
Yoshiteru Miki
- Hiroshi Tachikawa — Kunimaru Tsuzuki
- Minoru Chiaki — Yoshiaki Miki
- Takamaru Sasaki — Kuniharu Tsuzuki
- Gen Shimizu — Washizu samurai
- Kokuten Kōdō — Military Commander
- Kichijirō Ueda — Washizu's workman
- Eiko Miyoshi — Old Woman at castle
- Chieko Naniwa — Old Ghost Woman
- Nakajirō Tomita — Military Commander #2
- Yū Fujiki — Washizu samurai
- Sachio Sakai — Washizu samurai
- Directed
- Akira Kurosawa
Production
- Studio
- TOHO, Kurosawa Production
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