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Throne of Blood (Japanese: 蜘蛛巣城, Hepburn: Kumonosu-jō, lit. ' The Spider Web Castle ') is a 1957 Japanese jidaigeki film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.
Takashi Shimura as Kambei Shimada (島田勘兵衛, Shimada Kambei), a war-weary but honorable and strategic rōnin, and the leader of the seven Yoshio Inaba as Gorōbei Katayama ( 片山五郎兵衛 , Katayama Gorōbei ) , a skilled archer, who acts as Kambei's second-in-command and helps create the master-plan for the village's defense
A former Demon Lord known as the "Curse Lord" Kazalim and the president of the Moderate Harlequin Alliance. Believed to have been killed by Leon Cromwell 200 years ago, Kagali survived as an Astral Body and now resides in a Homunculus. She serves as Yuuki Kagurazaka's secretary. Laplace (ラプラス, Rapurasu)
Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, and Takashi Shimura, it follows various people who describe how a samurai was murdered in a forest. The plot and characters are based upon Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 's short story " In a Grove ", with the title and framing story taken from Akutagawa's " Rashōmon ".
Glorfindel is seen again as an Elf-Lord in The Lord of the Rings, lending Frodo his horse to escape the Nazgûl and reach the safety of Rivendell. [30] [T 18] Dawson writes that since Christian theology does not endorse reincarnation, Tolkien may have chosen to retain the concept to enable Elves to be both immortal and able to die in battle. [30]
He voiced Lord Shimura in Ghost of Tsushima. [1] [2] Filmography. Film. Year Title Role ... "Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point" 2008 Inseparable: Lon Cho
The Sakai clan (Japanese: 酒井氏, Hepburn: Sakai-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Nitta branch of the Minamoto clan, who were in turn descendants of Emperor Seiwa.
Ikiru (生きる, "To Live") is a 1952 Japanese tragedy film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni.The film examines the struggles of a terminally ill Tokyo bureaucrat (played by Takashi Shimura) and his final quest for meaning.