Details
Throne of Blood 4K UHD (UK Import)
BFI
Original title: 蜘蛛巣城 / Kumonosu-jô
Year: 1957
Country: Japan
Region code: A/B/C
Content: 4K UHD
EAN: 5022655000230
Image: 1.37:1 (2160p)
HDR: HDR10 / Dolby Vision
Audio: Japanese - DTS-HD MA 1.0 Mono
Subtitles: English
Age rating: PG
Genre: Classic / Action
Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Synopsis:
A truly remarkable film, Throne of Blood manages to combine beauty and terror to produce a mood of truly haunting power. Starring the irrepressible Toshiro Mifune as the doomed warlord Washizu and a wonderfully creepy turn by Isuzu Yamada as the Lady Macbeth-inspired Asaji, the film shows Kurosawa's familiar mastery of atmosphere and action combined with the savagery of war.
Extras:
- Restored 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck
- Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create – Throne of Blood(2002, 23 mins): this documentary about the making ofThrone of Bloodfeatures interviews with Akira Kurosawa, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, Noh performer Mitsuhiro Honda (from the Konparu School), and actress Isuzu Yamada
- Macbeth(1909, 16 mins): transposed from the typical dreich Scottish landscape to medieval Italy this Italian version has Russian titles, demonstrating how widely exported these films were in the 1900s
- Macbeth(1945, 16 mins): two scenes from Shakespeare’s famous Scottish tragedy, with Wilfrid Lawson and Cathleen Nesbitt as a fine murderous duo
- Original trailer
