THU APRIL 7, 2022 10:00 PM THRONE OF BLOOD $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Los Feliz 3 | Takashi Shimura Retrospective Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM: As its alternate English titles (COBWEB CASTLE and CASTLE OF THE SPIDER’S WEB) suggest, director Akira Kurosawa’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a chilling blend of gothic melodrama and samurai swordplay, Elizabethan tragedy and Noh theater. Taketori Washizu (Toshiro Mifune), inspired by a ghostly vision and coaxed by his frighteningly ambitious spouse, Lady Asaji (Isuzu Yamada), conspires to murder his lord to rise in the ranks to become eventual ruler. In the process, he betrays friends and foes alike, is driven to madness along with his cold-hearted spouse and is overwhelmed by the violent forces of chaos. With Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Akira Kubo. FORMAT: 35mm DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films