UW Cinematheque - Special Presentations
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu -Jo) | Japan | 1957 | 35mm | 108 min. | Japanese with English subtitles Director: Akira Kurosawa
Event Details
Date
Friday, April 7, 2023
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki
Kurosawa transplants Shakespeare’s Macbeth to feudal Japan with Toshiro Mifune as the samurai analogue to the famed Scottish lord. Measured expressionistic flourishes (blankets of fog, sheets of rain, and a stunning use of arrows in the unforgettable conclusion) endow the world of this underrated masterpiece with an eerie sense of inevitable evil and peril. Presented in conjunction with University Theatre’s production of Macbeth, April 20-30.
Kurosawa transplants Shakespeare’s Macbeth to feudal Japan with Toshiro Mifune as the samurai analogue to the famed Scottish lord. Measured expressionistic flourishes (blankets of fog, sheets of rain, and a stunning use of arrows in the unforgettable conclusion) endow the world of this underrated masterpiece with an eerie sense of inevitable evil and peril. Presented in conjunction with University Theatre’s production of Macbeth, April 20-30.
Cost
Free
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