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A samurai lord kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Kumonosu-jō.
Corporate Authors: Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, International Historic Films Inc
Other Authors: Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Yamada, Isuzu, 1917-2012, Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Format: Video VHS
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:In Japanese with English subtitles.
Published: Chicago, IL : International Historic Films, [1985?]
Series:Historic film classics.
Subjects:
Foreign films.
Samurai films.
Horror films.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:A samurai lord kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.
Item Description:Adapted from William Shakespeare's "Macbeth."
Videocassette release of the 1957 motion picture.
A foreign film (Japan).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Photography, Asaichi Hakai ; art, Konei Ezaki and Yoshiro Murai ; music, Masaru Sato.