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Genre: Drama /  more » Awards: 3 wins & 1 nomination  more » User Ratings: 8.1 (18,882 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.  more »

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Filmmakers: Akira Kurosawa - Director / Writer (screenplay) / Producer, Hideo Oguni - Writer (screenplay), Shinobu Hashimoto - Writer (screenplay), Ryûzô Kikushima - Writer (screenplay), Sôjirô Motoki - Producer, Asakazu Nakai - Cinematographer, Masaru Satô - Composer, Yoshirô Muraki - Production Designer  more »

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