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Kumonosu-jô (1957)
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A ruthlessly ambitious lord, egged on by his wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become Emperor. Director:Akira Kurosawa |
110 min - 
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Cast
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| Toshirô Mifune | ... | ||
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Isuzu Yamada | ... | |
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Akira Kubo | ... | |
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Hiroshi Tachikawa | ... |
Kunimaru Tsuzuki
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Minoru Chiaki | ... | |
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Takamaru Sasaki | ... |
Kuniharu Tsuzuki
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Gen Shimizu | ||
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Kokuten Kôdô | ... |
Military Commander
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Kichijirô Ueda | ... |
Washizu's workman
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Eiko Miyoshi | ... |
Old Woman at castle
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Chieko Naniwa | ... | |
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Nakajirô Tomita | ... |
Second Military Commander
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Yû Fujiki | ... |
Washizu samurai
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Sachio Sakai | ... |
Washizu samurai
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Storyline
A transposition of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' to medieval Japan. After a great military victory, Lords Washizu and Miki are lost in the dense Cobweb Forest, where they meet a mysterious old woman who predicts great things for Washizu and even greater things for Miki's descendants. Once out of the forest, Washizu and Miki are immediately promoted by the Emperor. Washizu, encouraged by his ambitious wife, plots to make even more of the prophecy come true, even if it means killing the Emperor... Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
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The famous arrow scene near the end was in fact done with real arrows. That is, the arrows hitting the wooden planks were not done with special effects, but rather choreographed with archers. Mifune waves his arms to brush away the arrows sticking from the planks, indicating to them that he wanted to go in that particular direction. The real arrows were included to get Mifune's facial expressions of real-life fear, which is exceptionally hard to imitate. Of course, the arrows that hit the Mifune character were bamboo fakes. See more »Goofs
Continuity: After Mifune and his friend come to the forest clearing where the spirit dwells, as they get down from their horses, all of Mifune's arrows fall out of his quiver. In the next shot however, the quiver is full of arrows again. See more »
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