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title: "Throne of Blood: cast and crew"
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cast: 41
crew: 21
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# Throne of Blood (1957): cast and crew

41 cast and 21 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Toshirō Mifune](https://film.one/person/toshiro-mifune.md) as Taketoki Washizu
- [Isuzu Yamada](https://film.one/person/isuzu-yamada.md) as Lady Asaji Washizu
- [Takashi Shimura](https://film.one/person/takashi-shimura.md) as Noriyasu Odagura
- [Akira Kubo](https://film.one/person/akira-kubo.md) as Yoshiteru Miki
- [Hiroshi Tachikawa](https://film.one/person/hiroshi-tachikawa.md) as Kunimaru Tsuzuki
- [Minoru Chiaki](https://film.one/person/minoru-chiaki.md) as Yoshiaki Miki
- [Takamaru Sasaki](https://film.one/person/takamaru-sasaki.md) as Kuniharu Tsuzuki
- [Gen Shimizu](https://film.one/person/gen-shimizu.md) as Washizu samurai
- [Kokuten Kōdō](https://film.one/person/kokuten-kodo.md) as Military Commander
- [Kichijirō Ueda](https://film.one/person/kichijiro-ueda.md) as Washizu's workman
- [Eiko Miyoshi](https://film.one/person/eiko-miyoshi.md) as Old Woman at castle
- [Chieko Naniwa](https://film.one/person/chieko-naniwa.md) as Old Ghost Woman
- Nakajirō Tomita as Military Commander #2
- Yū Fujiki as Washizu samurai
- [Sachio Sakai](https://film.one/person/sachio-sakai.md) as Washizu samurai
- Shin Ōtomo as Washizu samurai
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Washizu samurai
- [Yoshio Inaba](https://film.one/person/yoshio-inaba.md) as Military Commander #3
- [Takeo Oikawa](https://film.one/person/takeo-oikawa.md) as Miki party member
- Akira Tani as Washizu soldier
- [Ikio Sawamura](https://film.one/person/ikio-sawamura.md) as Washizu soldier
- Yutaka Sada as Washizu samurai
- [Seijirô Onda](https://film.one/person/seijiro-onda.md) as Miki party member #2
- Shinpei Takagi as Commander
- Masao Masuda as Commander
- Mitsuo Asano as Washizu samurai
- Shōbun Inoue as Servant
- Asao Koike as Tsuzuki soldier
- [Takeshi Katō](https://film.one/person/takeshi-kato.md) as Guard killed by Washizu
- [Hitoshi Takagi](https://film.one/person/hitoshi-takagi.md) as Tsuzuki guard
- Michiya Higuchi as Tsuki guard
- Senkichi Ōmura as Washizu samurai
- Gorô Sakurai as Servant
- Shirō Tsuchiya as Commander
- Takeo Matsushita as Commander
- Jun Ōtomo as Commander
- Kamayuki Tsubono as Servant
- Fuminori Ōhashi as Samurai
- [Isao Kimura](https://film.one/person/isao-kimura.md) as Phantom samurai
- [Seiji Miyaguchi](https://film.one/person/seiji-miyaguchi.md) as Phantom samurai
- [Nobuo Nakamura](https://film.one/person/nobuo-nakamura.md) as Phantom samurai

## Directing

- [Akira Kurosawa](https://film.one/person/akira-kurosawa.md): Director
- Yoshimitsu Banno: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Shinobu Hashimoto](https://film.one/person/shinobu-hashimoto.md): Screenplay
- [Hideo Oguni](https://film.one/person/hideo-oguni.md): Screenplay
- [Ryuzo Kikushima](https://film.one/person/ryuzo-kikushima.md): Screenplay
- [Akira Kurosawa](https://film.one/person/akira-kurosawa.md): Screenplay
- William Shakespeare: Theatre Play

## Production

- [Sōjirō Motoki](https://film.one/person/sojiro-motoki.md): Producer
- [Akira Kurosawa](https://film.one/person/akira-kurosawa.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Asakazu Nakai](https://film.one/person/asakazu-nakai.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Akira Kurosawa](https://film.one/person/akira-kurosawa.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Masaru Satō](https://film.one/person/masaru-sato.md): Original Music Composer
- Ichirô Minawa: Sound Designer
- Masanao Uehara: Assistant Sound Editor
- Fumio Yanoguchi: Sound Recordist

## Art

- [Yoshirō Muraki](https://film.one/person/yoshiro-muraki.md): Production Design

## Costume and make-up

- [Yoshirō Muraki](https://film.one/person/yoshiro-muraki.md): Costume Design
- Masanori Kobayashi: Makeup Artist
- Junjirō Yamada: Hairstylist
- Yoshiko Matsumoto: Hairstylist

## Visual effects

- Eiji Tsuburaya: Visual Effects

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