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Top 200 Films of All-Time 200.   The Intruder (1962)   199. Jane Eyre (1944)   198. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)   197. Philadelphia (1993)   196. Kill, Baby…Kill (1966)   195. Network (1976)   194. Bus Stop (1956)   193. Destroy all Monsters!  (1968)   192. Frailty (2002)   191. The Search (1948)   190. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)   189. Rocky III (1982)   188. Heat (1995)   187. King Kong (1933)   186. Oliver Twist (1948)   185. The Crow (1994)   184. Spellbound (1945)   183. Fantastic Voyage (1966)   182. Psycho (1960)   181. Fall of the House of Usher/House of Usher (1960)   180.  The Ladykillers (1955)   179. The Innocents (1961)   178. Flight of the Phoenix (1965)   177. The Evil Dead (1983)   176. Last Train From Gun Hill (1959)   175.  The Big Country (1958)   174. War of the Worlds (2005)   173. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)   172. Night of th

Review: Throne of Blood

Set in Feudal Japan, Washizu (Toshiro Mifune) and best friend Miki (Minoru Chiaki) are captains and warriors who have just waged and won a battle for their Lord. Through thick fog and forest on their way home, they seem to get lost. They eventually stumble upon a cackling spirit who prophesises that Washizu will be bestowed by his Lord the North Castle, and will eventually ascend to being Lord of Cobweb Castle, but that his reign will be short-lived and he will be overthrown by Miki’s own son (who will grow up to be played by Akira Kubo). Indeed, when they do eventually find their way out of the forest, the first part of the prophecy proves true. When an amazed but guilt-ridden Washizu informs his wife (Isuzu Yamada) of the prophecy, the poison-tongued lady manipulates her husband into killing the Lord so that the next part of the prophecy can come to fruition and Washizu to take North Castle. But what of that other part of the prophecy? My favourite Akira Kurosawa film (foll