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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
OVERALL: Draw-
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. -
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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