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PlotKurosawa follows the events of Macbeth fairly closely, although Kurosawa’s Washizu Taketori (played by Toshirō Mifune) is arguably less evil than Macbeth, while his wife Asaji (played by Isuzu Yamada) is even nastier than Lady Macbeth. As with the play, the main character's comrade (General Miki, played by Minoru Chiaki) is killed when he's perceived as a threat to the throne, only to return as a ghost.There is no Macduff character in this picture; hence Washizu does not meet his end in a duel. Instead, in a spectacular scene he is shot by his own archers and stumbles forward like a porcupine before being shot in the neck. He slowly descends the stairs and dies, collapsing dramatically on the fog-soaked ground. The film creates a phantasmal world of haunted forests, desolate landscapes and eerie encounters with a malevolent ghost that foretells Washizu's fate--a prophecy that leads him into a web of treachery and deceit, which results in his demise. ProductionKurosawa was an admirer of Noh drama, and acknowledged the stylistic influence it had on Throne of Blood. This influence can be seen in many aspects of the film, from the staging, to the characterizations, to the editing and direction.) Isuzu Yamada and Toshirō Mifune in Throne of Blood Washizu's famous death scene, in which his own archers turn upon him and fill his body with arrows, was in fact performed with real arrows, a choice made to help Mifune produce realistic facial expressions of fear. The arrows seen to impact the wooden walls were not superimposed or faked by special effects(This is disputed however as cables are visible several times during the sequence), but instead shot by choreographed archers. During filming, Mifune waved his arms, ostensibly because his character was trying to brush away the arrows embedded in the planks; this indicated to the archers the direction in which Mifune wanted to move. ReceptionEminent scholar Harold Bloom judged it "the most successful film version of Macbeth, though it departs very far from the specifics of the play."[1]References1. ^ Harold Bloom, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. New York: 1999. ISBN 1-57322-751-X, p.519 External links
Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa on the set of Kagemusha (1980). Born March 23 1910 Ota, Tokyo, Japan Died September 6 1998 (aged 88) Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan ..... Click the link for more information. Shinobu Hashimoto (Japanese: 橋本 忍, Hashimoto Shinobu) (born April 18, 1918) is a Japanese screenwriter, director, producer, and was a frequent collaborator with Akira Kurosawa. ..... Click the link for more information. William Shakespeare The Chandos portrait, artist and authenticity unconfirmed. National Portrait Gallery, London. Born: April 1564 (exact date unknown) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England Died: 23 March 1616 Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England ..... Click the link for more information. Takashi Shimura Birth name 志村喬 (Shimura Takashi} image = Takashi-shimura-ikiru.jpg caption = Takashi Shimura as Watanabe in Ikiru (1948). ..... Click the link for more information. Toho Company Ltd. (東宝株式会社 Tōhō Kabushiki-kaisha ..... Click the link for more information. January 15 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining. Events
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Shakespeare's Scottish play is horrifyingly violent - Akira Kurosawa's retelling is aptly called Throne of Blood - and so is Mel Gibson's Scottish movie. Thomas Budderwitz's set design plops Richard's predecessor-brother King Edward IV (the indispensable Mitchell Edmonds) down on a throne of blood, and Paul Dinkel's lighting design brings out the lurid crimson shades of the damask drapes that enshroud the stage. |
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