[Book #171726] Throne of Blood [Kumonosu-jo]. Akira Kurosawa, William Shakespeare, Ryuzo Kikushima Shibobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Isuzu Yamada Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, screenwriter director, play, screenwriters, starring.
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Throne of Blood [Kumonosu-jo]

Akira Kurosawa (director, screenwriter)
William Shakespeare (play)
Shibobu Hashimoto, Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni (screenwriters)
Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura (starring)

Circa 1957. Draft script for the 1957 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese.

Akira Kurosawa's visceral, ghostly adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," transposed to feudal Japan, with elements drawn from Noh theatre.

Shot on location in Shizuoka, Tokyo, and on Mount Fuji, Japan.

Brown titled wrappers. Approximately 57 leaves. Mimeograph duplication, printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good, wrapper Good, perfect-bound, with moderate toning throughout, wrappers foxed, and small chips and creases to page edges.

BFI 2017. Criterion Collection 190.

[Book #171726]

Price: $4,500.00

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