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Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
Cast & crew

Taketoki WashizuToshirō Mifune

Lady Asaji WashizuIsuzu Yamada

Noriyasu OdaguraTakashi Shimura

Yoshiteru MikiAkira Kubo

Kunimaru TsuzukiHiroshi Tachikawa

Yoshiaki MikiMinoru Chiaki

Kuniharu TsuzukiTakamaru Sasaki

Washizu samuraiGen Shimizu

Military CommanderKokuten Kōdō

Washizu's workmanKichijirō Ueda

Old Woman at castleEiko Miyoshi

Old Ghost WomanChieko Naniwa

Military Commander #2Nakajirō Tomita

Washizu samuraiYū Fujiki

Washizu samuraiSachio Sakai

Washizu samuraiShin Ōtomo

Washizu samuraiYoshio Tsuchiya

Military Commander #3Yoshio Inaba
- Shinobu Hashimoto · Writer
- Hideo Oguni · Writer
- Akira Kurosawa · Director
- Ryuzo Kikushima · Writer
- Akira Kurosawa · Writer
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