Throne of Blood ( 蜘蛛巣城 Kumonosu-jô, Spider's Web Castle, 1957; Japanese) Written and Direction by: Akira Kurusawa Since I have not been lucky enough to endowed in an environment splashed with culture and art, nevertheless, I try to educate and enrich the right side of the brain through the back door. Instead of reading and digesting the moth filled papyrus scrolls, I choose to watch movies instead. Through my latest escapade, I managed to venture into Shakespeare's darkest tragedy, Macbeth. This, I discovered about watching Kurosawa's 1957 offering of 'Kumonosu-jo', which is quite closely based on the former. The story is set in the 16th century feudal Japan, a tumultuous and violent times indeed. Washizu and Miki are victorious generals returning to meet their Lord in Spider's Web Castle through a fog filled forests only to be lost and to come face to face with a spirit. Unprovoked, the spirit foretold their futures, that Washiku would be a Commander...
It is all Mimesis