Tehran, Tehran – The Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) will screen the 1957 Japanese film “Throne of Blood” co-written, produced, edited and directed by Akira Kurosawa on Monday.
The film, which is scheduled to be screened at 5 pm at Naseri Hall, will be reviewed in a session in the presence of director and film critic Nahid Hassanzadeh, Mehr reported.
The film transposes the stylistic elements drawn from British playwright William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth (1606), in which the plot takes place from medieval Scotland to feudal Japan, from No Drama. The film also stars Mifune Toshiro and Iki Yamada in major roles modeled after the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
Like the play, the film tells the story of a warrior who assassinates his sovereign at the urging of his ambitious wife. Kurosaki was a fan of the play and had been intending to make his own adaptation for several years, intending to delay it after learning Orson Welles’ Macbeth (1948). Among his changes there was an ending, in which the archers had to shoot arrows around Mifune. The film was shot around Mt. Fuji and the Izu Peninsula. With a budget of US$350,000, the film was one of the most expensive films made in Japan at the time of its release.
Despite changes in setting and language and many creative liberties, Throne of Blood is often considered one of the best film adaptations of the classic play and has received much critical praise. Masu. The film won two My Inch Film Awards, including Best Actor for Toshiro Mifune.
Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) was a Japanese filmmaker who occasionally created directing and writing for others in a career that spanned seven decades. He is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of film. Kurosaki exhibited a bold, dynamic style that was strongly influenced by, but different from, Western cinema. He was involved in all aspects of film production.
Kurosawa’s acclaimed films include Rushmon (1950), Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954), The Hidden Fortress (1958), Yojimbo ( 1961), “High and Low” (1963), “Red Beard” (1965), “Kagemusha” (1980), and “Ran” (1985).
In 1990, he accepted an Academy Award for lifetime achievement. Posthumously, he was named “Asia of the Century” by AsianWeek Magazine and CNN in the “Arts, Literature, and Culture” category, stating that he was among the five people who most significantly contributed to the improvement of Asia in the 20th century.
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