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Film adaptations have approached Banquo's character in a variety of ways.

In 1936 Orson Welles helped produce an African-American cast of the play, including Canada Lee in the role of Banquo.

Akira Kurosawa's 1957 adaptation Throne of Blood makes the character into Capitan Miki ( played by Minoru Chiaki ), slain by Macbeth's equivalent ( Captain Washizu ) when his wife explains that she is with child.

News of Miki's death does not reach Washizu until after he has seen the ghost in the banquet scene.

In Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation, Banquo is played by acclaimed stage actor Martin Shaw, in a style reminiscent of earlier stage performances.

Polanski's version also emphasises Banquo's objection to Macbeth's ascendency by showing him remaining silent as the other thanes around him hail Macbeth as king.

in the 1990 telling of Macbeth in a New York Mafia crime family setting, " Men of Respect " the character of Banquo is named " Bankie Como " played by American actor Dennis Farina.