Throne Of Blood
moderate violence
Director(s)Akira Kurosawa
Production year1957
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes109m
CastYoshio Tsuchiya, Isao Kimura, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Chieko Naniwa, Takamaru Sasaki, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura, Akira Kubo, Toshiro Mifune
Throne Of Blood
moderate violence
The ambitions of a general and his wife lead to murder in this Japanese drama thriller.
The ambitions of a general and his wife lead to murder in this Japanese drama thriller.
violence
There is moderate violence when a man is repeatedly hit with arrows until he is struck in the neck. In another scene, a swordsman stabs an armoured soldier.
additional issues
There are undetailed verbal references to suicide. It is implied a soldier delivers a man's severed head to a general, but it is covered by a blanket. Scenes of supernatural threat include a man briefly being haunted by the man he murdered.
moderate violence, threat
Classified Date:
06/03/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
violence
Scenes include stabbings with swords and spears, and a sequence in which a man is shot multiple times with arrows. There is brief sight of blood stains on a wall and on hands, and a bag is said to contain a man's head.
threat and horror
Ghostly figures appear in a haunted forest surrounded by skulls and bones.
moderate violence, threat
Classified Date:
06/03/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
violence
Scenes include stabbings with swords and spears, and a sequence in which a man is shot multiple times with arrows. There is brief sight of blood stains on a wall and on hands, and a bag is said to contain a man's head.
threat and horror
Ghostly figures appear in a haunted forest surrounded by skulls and bones.
Contains infrequent moderate horror and violence
Classified Date:
18/12/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI (Collections)
Classified Date:
06/01/1958
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Curzon Film Dists Ltd
moderate violence
Classified Date:
28/02/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
violence
There is moderate violence when a man is repeatedly hit with arrows until he is struck in the neck. In another scene, a swordsman stabs an armoured soldier.
Classified Date:
17/09/1991
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Connoisseur Video
Classified date28/36/2025
LanguageJapanese
violence
There is moderate violence when a man is repeatedly hit with arrows until he is struck in the neck. In another scene, a swordsman stabs an armoured soldier.
additional issues
There are undetailed verbal references to suicide. It is implied a soldier delivers a man's severed head to a general, but it is covered by a blanket. Scenes of supernatural threat include a man briefly being haunted by the man he murdered.
Director(s)Akira Kurosawa
Production year1957
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes109m
CastYoshio Tsuchiya, Isao Kimura, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Chieko Naniwa, Takamaru Sasaki, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura, Akira Kubo, Toshiro Mifune
moderate violence, threat
Classified Date:
06/03/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
violence
Scenes include stabbings with swords and spears, and a sequence in which a man is shot multiple times with arrows. There is brief sight of blood stains on a wall and on hands, and a bag is said to contain a man's head.
threat and horror
Ghostly figures appear in a haunted forest surrounded by skulls and bones.
moderate violence, threat
Classified Date:
06/03/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
violence
Scenes include stabbings with swords and spears, and a sequence in which a man is shot multiple times with arrows. There is brief sight of blood stains on a wall and on hands, and a bag is said to contain a man's head.
threat and horror
Ghostly figures appear in a haunted forest surrounded by skulls and bones.
Contains infrequent moderate horror and violence
Classified Date:
18/12/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI (Collections)
Classified Date:
06/01/1958
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Curzon Film Dists Ltd
moderate violence
Classified Date:
28/02/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
violence
There is moderate violence when a man is repeatedly hit with arrows until he is struck in the neck. In another scene, a swordsman stabs an armoured soldier.
Classified Date:
17/09/1991
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Connoisseur Video
Classified date28/36/2025
LanguageJapanese
