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蜘蛛巢城 [videorecording] = Throne of blood (Spider's web castle) /

Kumonosujō [videorecording] = Throne of blood (Spider's web castle) /

小国英雄, 黒澤明, 本木荘二郎. 三船敏郎, 山田五十鈴, 久保明. 千秋実, 志村乔, 浪花千栄子. 佐藤勝, 東宝株式会社. Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: THR130 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Japanese Original language: Japanese Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 190.Publication details: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2003.Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : color illustrations ; 19 cm.)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0780026446
  • 9780780026445
Other title:
  • Throne of blood (Spider's web castle)
  • English title on disc label: Akira Kurosawa's Throne of blood
  • Throne of blood
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .K86 2003
Incomplete contents:
Features: Restored image and sound -- Audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck -- Original theatrical trailer -- New essay by Stephen Prince: the warrior's camera: the cinema of Akira Kurowawa -- 2 different subtitle translations -- Notes on subtitling.
Production credits:
  • Original music, Masaru Sato.
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada , Akira Kubo, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura, Chieko Naniwa.Summary: Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. Tells the story of a Samurai lord who kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0270 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050091404

Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.

Run time: approx. 109 min.

Special features: Audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck ; original theatrical trailer ; new essay by Stephen Prince (The warrior's camera : the cinema of Akira Kurowawa) ; 2 different subtitle translations, one by Linda Hoaglund, the other by Donald Richie ; notes on subtitling.

Features: Restored image and sound -- Audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck -- Original theatrical trailer -- New essay by Stephen Prince: the warrior's camera: the cinema of Akira Kurowawa -- 2 different subtitle translations -- Notes on subtitling.

Not rated.

DVD, Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

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