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Throne of Blood - Criterion Collection
(1961)
Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada Director:
Akira
Kurosawa
Rating
Throne of Blood was one of several DVDs
someone sent me to watch. I hadn't seen or even heard of it before. By the
first couple of minutes into the film I figured that it was a Japanese ghost or
maybe even vampire story. That immediately perked my interest because nobody
can do a horror film like the Japanese. Then a few minutes later I was going,
"Gee, this sounds really familiar...hey, that's just like Macbeth!"
Of course that's exactly what it was: a Japanese art film interpretation of
Shakespeare's original ghost story script.
I was all ready for a night of viewing pleasure, but guess what? Throne of
Blood really wasn't that good. The acting was fair to lousy, the sets cheap
& uninteresting, and even more surprising, the direction sucked. About the
only thing I did like was Lady Macbeth’s strange, disassociated
characterization--now she was very spooky & fun.
I tried giving Throne of Blood a second viewing, but it failed hold my
attention.
At least the poster art is good.
Woman
in the Dunes
Slaughter
in the Snow
A
Film By Hiroyuki Nakano: Samurai Fiction
Tales
of Terror From Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie
Ghost
Gate
Ayakashi:
Samurai Horror Tales, Vol. 2 - Yotsuya Ghost Story
Review: JEFarrow
Updated 02/08