While filmmaker Akira Kurosawa often adapted from Shakespeare ("Throne of Blood", "The Bad Sleep Well", "Ran"), his frequent collaborator Shinobu Hashimoto was

While filmmaker Akira Kurosawa often adapted from Shakespeare ("Throne of Blood", "The Bad Sleep Well", "Ran"), his frequent collaborator Shinobu Hashimoto was rather lukewarm about his works. Shakespeare's ornate prose didn't resonate with him, nor did he feel that Kurosawa fittingly adapted them into medieval Japan, which lacked the historical weight of English monarchy.