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Presents an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. A Samurai lord kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Kumonosu-jo.
Corporate Authors: Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Janus Films, Public Media Home Vision (Firm)
Other Authors: Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Yamada, Isuzu, 1917-2012, Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Format: Video VHS
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:In Japanese with English subtitles.
Published: Los Angeles, Calif. : Janus Films ; [1993?]
Series:Japanese classic collection.
Subjects:
Foreign films.
Samurai films.
Horror films.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Presents an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. A Samurai lord kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.
Item Description:Based on the play: Macbeth / by William Shakespeare.
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:Director of photography, Asaichi Nakai ; music, Masaru Sato ; art, Yoshiro Murai and Kohei Ezaki.
ISBN:0780013557