• 1957

  Release Date

• January 15th, 1957

• Runtime

• 108 minutes

• Synopsis

• Mikio and Washizu are the commanders of the 1st and 2nd Fortress under a local lord, who reigns in the Spiders' Web Castle. After defeating the lord's enemies in battle, they visit the fortress. Washizu, driven by his wife, conspires and murders the lord, becoming lord of the castle. But his evil deeds come back to haunt him.

• CAST

• Toshirō Mifune - Taketoki Washizu,   Isuzu Yamada - Lady Asaji Washizu,   Takashi Shimura - Noriyasu Odagura,   Akira Kubo - Yoshiteru Miki,   Hiroshi Tachikawa - Kunimaru Tsuzuki,   Minoru Chiaki - Yoshiaki Miki,   Takamaru Sasaki - Kuniharu Tsuzuki,   Gen Shimizu - Washizu samurai,   Kokuten Kōdō - Military Commander,   Kichijirō Ueda - Washizu's workman,   Eiko Miyoshi - Old Woman at castle,   Chieko Naniwa - Old Ghost Woman,   Nakajirō Tomita - Military Commander #2,   Yū Fujiki - Washizu samurai,   Sachio Sakai - Washizu samurai,   Shin Ōtomo - Washizu samurai,   Yoshio Tsuchiya - Washizu samurai,   Yoshio Inaba - Military Commander #3,   Takeo Oikawa - Miki party member,   Akira Tani - Washizu soldier,   Ikio Sawamura - Washizu soldier,   Yutaka Sada - Washizu samurai,   Seijirô Onda - Miki party member #2,   Shinpei Takagi - Commander,   Masao Masuda - Commander,   Mitsuo Asano - Washizu samurai,   Shōbun Inoue - Servant,   Asao Koike - Tsuzuki soldier,   Takeshi Katō - Guard killed by Washizu,   Hitoshi Takagi - Tsuzuki guard,   Michiya Higuchi - Tsuki guard,   Senkichi Ōmura - Washizu samurai,   Gorô Sakurai - Servant,   Shirō Tsuchiya - Commander,   Takeo Matsushita - Commander,   Jun Ōtomo - Commander,   Kamayuki Tsubono - Servant,   Fuminori Ōhashi - Samurai,   Isao Kimura - Phantom samurai,   Seiji Miyaguchi - Phantom samurai,   Nobuo Nakamura - Phantom samurai     

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