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.
Stars: Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Akira Kubo, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Minoru Chiaki
Crew: Shinobu Hashimoto (Screenplay), Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (Editor), Akira Kurosawa (Director), Sōjirō Motoki (Producer), Ryūzō Kikushima (Screenplay)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: TOHO
Runtime: 108 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 15, 1957
IMDb: 3.1
Keywords:japan, samurai, based on novel or book, prophecy, castle, ambition, betrayal, ghost, jidaigeki, sengoku period, feudal lord, feudal japan
