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* LonelyAtTheTop: Being king sure does seem like a bummer.
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* LonelyAtTheTop: Being king daimyo sure does seem like a bummer.
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* {{Expy}}: Arguably the whole point of the movie is to transplant Shakespeare's version of Macbeth's life into a feudal Japanese setting.
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* WholePlotReference: Arguably the whole point of the movie is to transplant Shakespeare's version of Macbeth's life into a feudal Japanese setting.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Sometimes the Japanese title is translated as "Cobweb Castle" ("cob" is archaic English for spider).
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** Tsuzuki, the King Duncan analogue, is presented as being an usurper who deposed the previous lord and is NotSoDifferent from Washizu, as his wife insists,
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** Tsuzuki, the King Duncan analogue, is presented as being an usurper who deposed the previous lord and is NotSoDifferent from Washizu, as his wife insists,insists. Ironically, the historical Duncan actually killed his predecessor, his own grandfather no less.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Macbeth is a TropeCodifier for VillainousValour, who marched into duel with Macduff despite knowing the prophecy came true and that he is a man of woman born, declaring that "Yet I will try my last". Here Washizu gets fragged by his own soldiers and he dies begging pathetically.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Macbeth is a TropeCodifier for VillainousValour, who marched into duel with Macduff despite knowing the prophecy came true and that he is a man of woman born, declaring that "Yet I will try my the last". Here Washizu gets fragged by his own soldiers and he dies begging pathetically.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Macbeth is one of the TropeCodifiers for VillainousValour, who marched into duel with Macduff despite knowing the prophecy came true and that he is a man of woman born, declaring that "Yet I will try my last". Here Washizu gets fragged by his own soldiers and he dies begging pathetically.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Macbeth is one of the TropeCodifiers a TropeCodifier for VillainousValour, who marched into duel with Macduff despite knowing the prophecy came true and that he is a man of woman born, declaring that "Yet I will try my last". Here Washizu gets fragged by his own soldiers and he dies begging pathetically.
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* AdaptationalVillainy:
** Tsuzuki, the King Duncan analogue, is presented as being an usurper who deposed the previous lord and is NotSoDifferent from Washizu, as his wife insists,
** Both Washizu and his wife, Lord and Lady Macbeth, are shown having a colder marriage in the film, when in the Shakespeare original, they have a loving marriage, and indeed are arguably the happiest married couple in Shakespeare. The "Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow" speech is AdaptedOut, and Washizu doesn't lament how terrible it is that he can't grieve for her.
* AdaptationalWimp: Macbeth is one of the TropeCodifiers for VillainousValour, who marched into duel with Macduff despite knowing the prophecy came true and that he is a man of woman born, declaring that "Yet I will try my last". Here Washizu gets fragged by his own soldiers and he dies begging pathetically.
** Tsuzuki, the King Duncan analogue, is presented as being an usurper who deposed the previous lord and is NotSoDifferent from Washizu, as his wife insists,
** Both Washizu and his wife, Lord and Lady Macbeth, are shown having a colder marriage in the film, when in the Shakespeare original, they have a loving marriage, and indeed are arguably the happiest married couple in Shakespeare. The "Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow" speech is AdaptedOut, and Washizu doesn't lament how terrible it is that he can't grieve for her.
* AdaptationalWimp: Macbeth is one of the TropeCodifiers for VillainousValour, who marched into duel with Macduff despite knowing the prophecy came true and that he is a man of woman born, declaring that "Yet I will try my last". Here Washizu gets fragged by his own soldiers and he dies begging pathetically.
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* StopTrick: Featured near the end, when Washizu is shot through the throat.
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* StopTrick: Featured near the end, when Washizu is shot through the throat.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Japanese title is ''Spider Web Castle'', but it was distributed in English-speaking markets and is still referred to in English by the catchier ''Throne of Blood''.
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* MeaningfulLook: When Washizu returns his lord's coffin to Forest Castle, Miki gives him a subtle look of tired contempt that says "So. This is what you've come to. Very well." before wheeling his horse about and escorting his new lord in.
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* UriahGambit: Asaji believes Washizu's promotion to lead the assault (while Miki guards Washizu's castle) is an excuse to have Washizu killed.
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* AnimalMotifs: Washizu's banner bears a [[CreepyCentipedes centipede]] while Miki's has a [[WhiteBunny white rabbit]].
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* AnimalMotifs: Washizu's banner bears a [[CreepyCentipedes centipede]] while Miki's has a [[WhiteBunny white white]] [[RighteousRabbit rabbit]].
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Washizu can be seen as a CompositeCharacter of Mituhide Akechi (who turned traitor against his lord) and Hideyoshi Toyotomi (who rose out of obscurity as a mere foot soldier to rule Japan), while Miki is Tokugawa Ieyasu (who ended the Sengoku era and founded the last shogunate)
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That is from Ran
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* BestServedCold: [[spoiler:Lady Kaede has been planning the eventual destruction of Washizu's entire family tree for decades, since he killed her own family when she was a child]].
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* BestServedCold: [[spoiler:Lady Kaede has been planning the eventual destruction of Washizu's entire family tree for decades, since he killed her own family when she was a child]].
* GreekChorus: Four guards comment on Lord Washizu's fortunes.
* OnlyICanKillHim: Subverted. Washizu is killed by his own nameless EvilMinions - indeed we do not even see the faces of the archers who loose the first arrow and the last. In the original ''Macbeth'', the VillainProtagonist died in a duel with a major character, who has no equivalent in the film.
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Washizu. Since the film is based on ''Macbeth'', this is not a surprise.
* RasputinianDeath: Washizu takes at least 20 arrows to the chest and still tries to walk and fight, finally falling to an over-dramatic arrow through the neck.
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* TheseHandsHaveKilled: In an {{Homage}} to ''Macbeth'', Lady Asaji is unable to wash the blood off her hands.
* VillainousBreakdown: Both the Washizus have this happen to him in ''Film/ThroneOfBlood''. After being convinced by his wife to murder Lord Tsuzuki, the husband, Taketoki, becomes increasingly paranoid and starts seeing hallucinations, while the wife herself, Asaji, completely snaps and is last seen [[OutDamnedSpot trying to clean the stench of nonexistent blood off her hands]]. Being as this is ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' [[RecycledInSpace WITH SAMURAI]], this was very much intentional.
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* {{Youkai}}: The film exchanges ''Macbeth'''s Birnam Wood for Spider's Web Forest, possibly invoking these creatures from Japanese folklore.
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''Throne of Blood'' (''Kumonosu Jō'', "Spider Web Castle"), is Creator/AkiraKurosawa's version of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''. It stars Creator/ToshiroMifune as Washizu, a Japanese warlord who meets a strange spirit who gives him some dark ideas about taking the place of his lord. Kurosawa fuses [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]]'s plot with elements from Noh theater, and sets the story at an unspecified time and place in [[JidaiGeki Sengoku-era Japan]]. The [[NoManOfWomanBorn Macduff]] subplot is left out, leading to a different, but more thematic end for the Macbeth figure.
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''Throne of Blood'' (''Kumonosu Jō'', "Spider Web Castle"), is Creator/AkiraKurosawa's a 1957 film by Creator/AkiraKurosawa, and is Kurosawa's version of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''. It stars Creator/ToshiroMifune as Washizu, a Japanese warlord who meets a strange spirit who gives him some dark ideas about taking the place of his lord. Kurosawa fuses [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]]'s plot with elements from Noh theater, and sets the story at an unspecified time and place in [[JidaiGeki Sengoku-era Japan]]. The [[NoManOfWomanBorn Macduff]] subplot is left out, leading to a different, but more thematic end for the Macbeth figure.
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See also ''Film/{{Ran}}'', another film in which Kurosawa adapted Shakespeare to Sengoku Japan.
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* SympatheticMurderer: Washizu, at first. He's clearly in shock after he murders his lord. By the time he's sent men to kill Miki, however, he stops showing remorse and starts showing fear of getting caught.
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* UnholyMatrimony: Washizu Taketoki and Asaji.Asaji Washizu.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: The movie's main theme.
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* {{Determinator}}: Even after [[spoiler: being shot full of arrows, ''including one in his throat'', Washizu still remains standing until the very end and even tries to go for his sword as he dies.]]
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Washizu brags to his men about the prophecy that claims he can’t lose in battle unless the forest itself moves against the castle. While this temporarily boosts morale, as soon as the forest ''does'' begin to move towards the castle, his men see the writing on the wall and turn against him.]]
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* UnholyMatrimony: Washizu and Asaji.
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''Throne of Blood'' (''Kumonosu Jō'', "Spider Web Castle"), is Creator/AkiraKurosawa's version of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''. It stars Creator/ToshiroMifune as Washizu, a Japanese warlord who meets a strange spirit who gives him some dark ideas about taking the place of his lord. Kurosawa fuses [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]]'s plot with elements from Noh theater, and sets the story at an unspecified time and place in [[JidaiGeki Sengoku-era Japan]]. The [[NoManOfWomanBorn Macduff]] subplot is left out, leading to a different, but more thematic end for the Macbeth figure.
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''Throne of Blood'' (''Kumonosu Jō'', ''Spider "Spider Web Castle''), Castle"), is Creator/AkiraKurosawa's version of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''.It stars Creator/ToshiroMifune as Washizu, a Japanese warlord who meets a strange spirit who gives him some dark ideas about taking the place of his lord. Kurosawa fuses [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]]'s plot with elements from Noh theater, and sets the story at an unspecified time and place in [[JidaiGeki Sengoku-era Japan]]. The [[NoManOfWomanBorn Macduff]] subplot is left out, leading to a different, but more thematic end for the Macbeth figure.
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''Kumonosu Jō'' (''Spider Web Castle''), distributed with the English title ''Throne of Blood'', is Creator/AkiraKurosawa's version of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''. Kurosawa fuses [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]]'s plot with elements from Noh theater, and sets the story at an unspecified time and place in [[JidaiGeki Sengoku-era Japan]]. The [[NoManOfWomanBorn Macduff]] subplot is left out, leading to a different, but more thematic end for the Macbeth figure.
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* {{Seppuku}}: The traitor mentioned at the beginning of the film commits this while in captivity, spraying a ridiculous amount of blood on the wall.
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* AnimalMotifs: Wazishu's banner bears a [[CreepyCentipedes centipede]] while Miki's has a [[WhiteBunny white rabbit]].
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* ExtremeDoormat: Washizu. Dear God, ''Washizu''. The man is so gullible around his wife that she has him wrapped around his little finger.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Washizu. Dear God, ''Washizu''. The man is so gullible around his wife that she has him wrapped around his her little finger.
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* SlidingScaleofFreeWillvsFate: Washizu is caught up in a prophecy that he can't avoid, from the moment he is given the title of Lord of North Castle, as well as in a cycle of KlingonPromotion a, given that Lord Tsuzuki had killed his previous lord to aquire his position. At the same time, he is given choices, whether or not to dispose of his trusted allies, and he picks the wrong decision each time, because he's so weak at the hands of his wife.
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* SlidingScaleofFreeWillvsFate: SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVsFate: Washizu is caught up in a prophecy that he can't avoid, from the moment he is given the title of Lord of North Castle, as well as in a cycle of KlingonPromotion a, given that Lord Tsuzuki had killed his previous lord to aquire his position. At the same time, he is given choices, whether or not to dispose of his trusted allies, and he picks the wrong decision each time, because he's so weak at the hands of his wife.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Lord Tsuzuki.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Lord Tsuzuki. Washizu is also hopelessly gullible where his wife is concerned.
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Ah, I flubbed it!
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* SlidingScaleofFreeWillvsFate: Washizu is caught up in a prophecy that he can't avoid, from the moment he is given the title of Lord of Forest Castle, as well as in a cycle of KlingonPromotion a, given that Lord Tsuzuki had killed his previous lord to aquire his position. At the same time, he is given choices, whether or not to dispose of his trusted allies, and he picks the wrong decision each time, because he's so weak at the hands of his wife.
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* SlidingScaleofFreeWillvsFate: Washizu is caught up in a prophecy that he can't avoid, from the moment he is given the title of Lord of Forest North Castle, as well as in a cycle of KlingonPromotion a, given that Lord Tsuzuki had killed his previous lord to aquire his position. At the same time, he is given choices, whether or not to dispose of his trusted allies, and he picks the wrong decision each time, because he's so weak at the hands of his wife.
