Director
Akira Kurosawa
Country of origin
Japan
Year of release
1957
Duration
1hr 50min
Certificate
12A
Programme
Rear View
LIFF: Throne of Blood
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Featuring longtime collaborator Toshiro Mifune, Kurosawa’s restaging of Macbeth in Japan’s Middle Ages is electrifying in battle action; crazy in close-up.
Fog, wind, trees and mist express the ghostly paranoia of a wily, crazed Samurai bonded to Spider’s Web Castle.
Screened as part of Japan 2021: Over 100 years of Japanese Cinema, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.
LIFF 2021
The Howard Assembly Room is delighted to be the main historic venue for this year’s Leeds International Film Festival, returning to our cinematic roots to host 20 screenings including Matthew Bourne’s live soundtrack for The Crowd – part of our long-running FILMusic series.
