R0029/2026-03-27/Q004/SRC03/E01

Research	R0029 — Plural Voice Attribution
Run	2026-03-27
Query	Q004
Source	SRC03
Evidence	SRC03-E01
Type	Reported

Consensus across multiple sources: three Kurosawa-Shakespeare films

URL: Various

Extract

REPORTED: Multiple independent popular and scholarly sources consistently identify the same three films:

1. Throne of Blood (1957) — Macbeth
2. The Bad Sleep Well (1960) — Hamlet
3. Ran (1985) — King Lear

Hollywood Insider describes them as "three remarkable adaptations from the legendary Japanese filmmaker." Wikipedia's Throne of Blood article references the three-film pattern. Collider, Far Out Magazine, and Shakespeare Network all cite the same three films. No source identified a fourth Kurosawa-Shakespeare adaptation.

Relevance to Hypotheses

Hypothesis	Relationship	Strength
H1	Supports	Unanimous three-film consensus
H2	Contradicts	All sources include The Bad Sleep Well
H3	Contradicts	No source identifies additional films

Context

The consistency across popular and scholarly sources is striking. The three-film list appears to be settled consensus.