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Throne of Blood

Movie · 1957 · 105 min

A haunting, ritualistic descent into paranoia and guilt, with stark imagery and a brooding atmosphere that lingers.

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1957 film by Akira Kurosawa
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Year
1957
Runtime
105 min
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • fate
  • power
Places
  • military
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror4
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, samurai cinema
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Written by
Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Ryūzō Kikushima
Starring
Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Isuzu Yamada, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Akira Kubo, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Inaba
Music
Masaru Sato
Cinematography
Asakazu Nakai
Runtime
105 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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