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Throne of Blood

1961·1h 50m·Not Rated
Drama
IMDb Rating
★ 8.0/10
60,291 votes

A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.

Throne of Blood is a 1961 drama movie directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Isuzu Yamada, Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.0/10 from 60,291 votes and runs 1h 50m.

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Director
Akira Kurosawa
Stars
Isuzu Yamada
Toshirô Mifune
Minoru Chiaki
Takashi Shimura
Details
1961-11-22
110 min
Movie
Not Rated
★ Japan
★ Japanese
Keywords
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