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Throne of Blood 4K UHD (UK Import)
BFI

Preventa - Fecha de salida: 19.05.2025

Original Title: 蜘蛛巣城 / Kumonosu-jô

Year: 1957
Country: Japan
Region code: A/B/C
Content: 4K UHD
EAN: 5022655000155

Image: 1.37:1 (2160p)

HDR: HDR10 / Dolby Vision

Audio: Japanese - LPCM 2.0

Subtitles: English

Rating: PG

Genre: Classic / Action

Cast: Toshiro 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 of Throne of Blood features 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
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with writing on the film by Alex Barrett, an essay on Kurosawa's adaptations of Shakespeare by Ben Nicholson, Kurosawa on Throne of Blood (1964) and an original review