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Throne of Blood AKA Kumonosu jo AKA The Castle of the Spider's Web (1957)
Macbeth adaptation. A ruthlessly ambitious lord, egged on by his wife, works to fulfill a prophesy that he would become Emperor.Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Extras:Filmography for director Akira Kurosawa
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Subtitles:Cantonese, English, Mandarin
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
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Notes:Reportedly a rehash of the flawed Criterion Laserdisc.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by Japanese-film expert Michael Jeck
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Extras:Original theatrical trailer (3:43)
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Subtitles:English (translation from Linda Hoaglund) and English (translation from Donald Richie) (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a 24-page booklet containing "The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa", a new essay by Stephen Prince, and notes on subtitling.
The audio commentary is in English without any subtitles and the trailer is in Japanese with optional English subtitles. -
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Commentaries:Audio commentary featuring Japanese-film expert Michael Jeck
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Extras:"Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create - Throne of Blood" documentary (22:44)
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Subtitles:English (translated by Linda Hoaglund) and English (Translated by Donald Richie) (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:A booklet featuring an essay by film historian Stephen Prince and notes on the subtitling by Hoaglund and Richie.
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Part of the 25 film 25 disc "AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa" which includes "Sanshiro Sugata" (1943), "The Most Beautiful" (1944), "Sanshiro Sugata Part Two" (1945), "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail" (1945), "No Regrets for Our Youth" (1946), "One Wonderful Sunday" (1947), "Drunken Angel" (1948), "Stray Dog" (1949), "Scandal" (1950), "Rashomon" (1950), "The Idiot" (1951), "Ikiru" (1952), "Seven Samurai" (1954), "I Live in Fear" (1955), "Throne of Blood" (1957), "The Lower Depths" (1957), "The Hidden Fortress" (1958), "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960), "Yojimbo" (1961), "Sanjuro" (1962), "High and Low" (1963), "Red Beard" (1965), "Dodes’ka-den" (1970), "Kagemusha" (1980), "Madadayo" (1993).
Packaged in a deluxe linen-bound collector's set with an illustrated 96-page hardback book. -
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Select scene audio commentary
Theatrical Trailers (3:32)
DISC TWO
"Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Making of Throne of Blood" featurette (22:42)
"In the Master's Canvas: Interview with Koichi Hamamura and Teruyo Nogami" documentary (31:03)
Photo Gallery
Filmographies
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Subtitles:French
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Making of Throne of Blood" featurette (22:44)
Theatrical Trailer (3:36)
Weblink
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Subtitles:French (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese DTS 2.0 Mono
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Extras:Photo Gallery (1:09)
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Subtitles:German (Forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Extras:Making-of documentary
Trailer
Booklet -
Subtitles:Japanese
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital Mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Slipcase
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Extras:Trailer for Seven Samurai
Kurosawa/Mifune biographies
Printed essay -
Subtitles:English (Burned-in)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Trailer
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: Draw
The US Criterion (2014 dual format edition) has the most extras including a commentary track.
The French Wild Side 2-disc release has exclusive extras including a select scene commentary track.
The French Wild Side reissue has a DTS track. Note the Wild Side releases have non-removable subtitles.
The Hong Kong edition has a 5.1 track but it reported as a very bad reprocessing of the mono track.
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CUTS:
- R0 Hong Kong- Mei Ah Home Entertainment - No cuts
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (109:38 NTSC)
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (109:43 NTSC).
- R1 AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (109:16 NTSC).
- R1 Essential Art House America- Criterion Collection - No cuts.
- R2 France- Wild Side Video - No cuts
- R2 Re-issue France- Wild Side Video - No cuts (105:18 PAL).
- R2 Germany- NewKSM - No cuts (105:01 PAL).
- R2 Japan- Toho - No Cuts
- R2 United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No Cuts (104:46 PAL).
- R4 Australia- Madman Entertainment - No cuts (109:32 NTSC->PAL).
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Comparison added by The Rewind Team on 29/11/02
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 07/03/20UPDATE LOG:
17/12/13: Added 2014 Criterion and DVDBeaver link.
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18/01/16: Added US EAH, Germany, Australia, ASINs, dual format runtime, Criterion spine, capaholic.
31/12/19: Added France reissue.
07/03/20: Added US AK 100.
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