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Novelist and Booker-Prize winner Marlon James – whose latest work, THE DISAPPEARERS, has been called “the novel of the decade, if not the century” by Dwight Garner for _The New York Times_ – introduces Akira Kurosawa’s THRONE OF BLOOD (1957) as part of the Criterion Channel original series _Adventures in Moviegoing._
Watch THRONE OF BLOOD on Criterion’s streaming service, The Criterion Channel: criterionchannel.com/throne-of-blood
And watch more of Marlon’s _Adventures in Moviegoing,_ including a conversation with Antonio Monda about how films inspire and inform his work, plus introductions to some of his favorites that are currently streaming on the Criterion Channel, such as TOKYO STORY and LE SAMOURAÏ: criterionchannel.com/marlon-james-s-adventures-in-moviegoing
*About _Throne of Blood:_*
A vivid, visceral “Macbeth” adaptation, THRONE OF BLOOD, directed by Akira Kurosawa, sets Shakespeare’s definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. As a hardened warrior who rises savagely to power, Toshiro Mifune gives a remarkable, animalistic performance, as does Isuzu Yamada as his ruthless wife. THRONE OF BLOOD fuses classical Western tragedy with formal elements taken from Noh theater to create an unforgettable cinematic experience.
Enjoy more YouTube episodes and excerpts from _Adventures in Moviegoing:_ youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd0WKGexn9FBiB0l4MxobRA5mhi-CqYFc
Subscribe to Criterion: youtube.com/channel/UCAP57cF-FSjJKzzXg7ntPlQ?sub_confirmation=1
Novelist and Booker-Prize winner Marlon James – whose latest work, THE DISAPPEARERS, has been called “the novel of the decade, if not the century” by Dwight Garner for _The New York Times_ – introduces Akira Kurosawa’s THRONE OF BLOOD (1957) as part of the Criterion Channel original series _Adventures in Moviegoing._
Watch THRONE OF BLOOD on Criterion’s streaming service, The Criterion Channel: criterionchannel.com/throne-of-blood
And watch more of Marlon’s _Adventures in Moviegoing,_ including a conversation with Antonio Monda about how films inspire and inform his work, plus introductions to some of his favorites that are currently streaming on the Criterion Channel, such as TOKYO STORY and LE SAMOURAÏ: criterionchannel.com/marlon-james-s-adventures-in-moviegoing
*About _Throne of Blood:_*
A vivid, visceral “Macbeth” adaptation, THRONE OF BLOOD, directed by Akira Kurosawa, sets Shakespeare’s definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. As a hardened warrior who rises savagely to power, Toshiro Mifune gives a remarkable, animalistic performance, as does Isuzu Yamada as his ruthless wife. THRONE OF BLOOD fuses classical Western tragedy with formal elements taken from Noh theater to create an unforgettable cinematic experience.
Enjoy more YouTube episodes and excerpts from _Adventures in Moviegoing:_ youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd0WKGexn9FBiB0l4MxobRA5mhi-CqYFc
