Kumonosujou
Movie
蜘蛛巣城 1957/01/15
Character count8,545
Word count4,220
Unique words1,182
Words (1-occurrence)711
Unique kanji596
Kanji (1-occurrence)215
Difficulty beta Hard

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

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