
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

Toshirō Mifune
Taketoki Washizu

Isuzu Yamada
Lady Asaji Washizu

Takashi Shimura
Noriyasu Odagura

Akira Kubo
Yoshiteru Miki

Hiroshi Tachikawa
Kunimaru Tsuzuki

Minoru Chiaki
Yoshiaki Miki

Takamaru Sasaki
Kuniharu Tsuzuki

Gen Shimizu
Washizu samurai

Kokuten Kōdō
Military Commander

Kichijirō Ueda
Washizu's workman

Eiko Miyoshi
Old Woman at castle

Chieko Naniwa
Old Ghost Woman

Tomka and His Friends
Tomka and His Friends

The Discussion
The Discussion

The Marital Dwelling
The Marital Dwelling

Queen Margot
Queen Margot

Factotum
Factotum

Cujo
Cujo

Marathon Man
Marathon Man

The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter

We Were Soldiers
We Were Soldiers

Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek

The King Is Alive
The King Is Alive

Mean Girls
Mean Girls