Film · 1957 · Films · 1950s
Throne of Blood
Two parallel scores from 163 z-qualifying reviewers and 163 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 561 peers in Films · 1950s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.622 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.48 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.48 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.493 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 163 / 163 |
Summary
Akira Kurosawa's transposition of Macbeth to feudal Japan. After a victorious battle, samurai general Washizu encounters a forest spirit who prophesies his rise to lord of Spider's Web Castle. Goaded by his ruthless wife, he murders his way to the throne, only to find that ambition, paranoia, and prophecy weave a trap he cannot escape.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
163 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.622. DB2 raw mean = 8.48.
90% CI-floor = +0.493. Thin samples penalized.
Global 93.3 / cohort 88.2. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1950s
