Kumonosu jô
Kumonosu jô - was released on: 22 November 1961.
The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:
- Toshirô Mifune… - played the character of: Taketori Washizu
- Isuzu Yamada… - played the character of: Lady Asaji Washizu
- Takashi Shimura… - played the character of: Noriyasu Odagura
- Akira Kubo… - played the character of: Yoshiteru Miki
- Hiroshi Tachikawa… Kunimaru Tsuzuki (as Yoichi Tachikawa)
- Minoru Chiaki… - played the character of: Yoshiaki Miki
- Takamaru Sasaki… Kuniharu Tsuzuki
- Kokuten Kodo… Military Commander
- Kichijiro Ueda… Washizu’s workman
- Eiko Miyoshi… Old Woman at castle
- Chieko Naniwa… Old Ghost Woman
- Nakajiro Tomita… Second Military Commander
- Yu Fujiki… Washizu samurai
- Sachio Sakai… Washizu samurai
- Shin Otomo… Washizu samurai
Here is a summary of the film’s plot:
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}