Throne of Blood (蜘蛛巢城)


Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryûzô Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, William Shakespeare (play "Macbeth")
Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki and Isuzu Yamada
Year: 1957 (Japan)
My Rating: 8/10
IMDB

I think in terms of Shakespeare adaption, Ran is much better than this one, but this is a really fine film. Poetry in motion, but not as epic as Ran.

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