Throne of Blood 4K Blu-ray
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Posted April 28, 2025 07:23 AM by Webmaster
The British Film Institute has provided final details for its upcoming 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood(1957), starring Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Akira Kubo, and Hiroshi Tachikawa. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on May 19.
Description: A new restoration of Akira Kurosawa's astonishing film, Throne of Blood, widely considered to be one of the greatest adaptations of Shakespeare's Macbeth, is released on 4K UHD and standard Blu-ray formats by the BFI on 19 May. Special features include a 2002 documentary about the making of the film that includes interviews with the director, cast and crew and an audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck.
A truly remarkable work, Throne of Blood manages to combine beauty and terror to produce a mood of haunting power. Starring the irrepressible Toshiro Mifune as doomed warlord Washizu, and with a wonderfully creepy turn by Isuzu Yamada as the Lady Macbeth-inspired Asaji, the film displays all of Kurosawa's familiar mastery of atmosphere and action combined with the savagery of war.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: A new restoration of Akira Kurosawa's astonishing film, Throne of Blood, widely considered to be one of the greatest adaptations of Shakespeare's Macbeth, is released on 4K UHD and standard Blu-ray formats by the BFI on 19 May. Special features include a 2002 documentary about the making of the film that includes interviews with the director, cast and crew and an audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck.
A truly remarkable work, Throne of Blood manages to combine beauty and terror to produce a mood of haunting power. Starring the irrepressible Toshiro Mifune as doomed warlord Washizu, and with a wonderfully creepy turn by Isuzu Yamada as the Lady Macbeth-inspired Asaji, the film displays all of Kurosawa's familiar mastery of atmosphere and action combined with the savagery of war.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Introduction by Sir Ian McKellen (2016, 2 mins)
- Introduction to Throne of Blood by Mamoun Hassan (2012, 7 mins): the late writer, director and producer introduces a screening of Akira Kurosawa's film at BFI Southbank
- Audio commentary by Japanese-film expert Michael Jeck
- Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create – Throne of Blood (2002, 23 mins): this documentary about the making of Throne of Blood features interviews with Akira Kurosawa, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, Noh performer Mitsuhiro Honda (from the Konparu School) and actor Isuzu Yamada
- Macbeth (1945, 16 mins): two scenes from Shakespeare's famous Scottish tragedy, with Wilfrid Lawson and Cathleen Nesbitt as a fine murderous duo
- Original trailer
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated booklet with writing on the film by Alex Barrett, an essay on Kurosawa's adaptations of Shakespeare by Ben Nicholson, Kurosawa on Throne of Blood (1964) and an original review
- In Japanese, with optional English subtitles
