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The Hidden Fortress
1958 2h 19m Not Rated
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Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
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Directed By
Akira Kurosawa
Written By
Akira Kurosawa
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Hideo Oguni
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Studio
TOHO
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Cast of The Hidden Fortress
Toshirō Mifune
General Rokurota Makabe
Minoru Chiaki
Tahei
Kamatari Fujiwara
Matashichi
Misa Uehara
Princess Yuki
Susumu Fujita
General Hyoe Tadokoro
Takashi Shimura
General Izumi Nagakura
Ikio Sawamura
Gambler (uncredited)
Kōji Mitsui
Guard (uncredited)
Takeo Oikawa
Guard (uncredited)
Yū Fujiki
Guard (uncredited)
Yutaka Sada
Guard (uncredited)
Haruo Suzuki
Horseman (uncredited)
Haruya Sakamoto
Horseman (uncredited)
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Horseman (uncredited)
Minoru Itō
Horseman (uncredited)
Shigekatsu Kanazawa
Horseman (uncredited)
Shin Ōtomo
Horseman (uncredited)
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Horseman (uncredited)
Eiko Miyoshi
Maid (uncredited)
Toranosuke Ogawa
Magistrate (uncredited)
Kokuten Kōdō
Old Man (uncredited)
Etsurō Saijō
Samurai (uncredited)
Fuminori Ōhashi
Samurai (uncredited)
Masayoshi Nagashima
Samurai (uncredited)
Takeshi Katō
Samurai (uncredited)
Toshiko Higuchi
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Kichijirō Ueda
Slave Trader (uncredited)
Nakajirō Tomita
Slave Buyer (uncredited)
Yoshifumi Tajima
Slave Buyer (uncredited)
Akira Tani
Soldier (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
Soldier (uncredited)
Ichirō Chiba
Soldier (uncredited)
Makoto Satō
Soldier (uncredited)
Ryū Kuze
Soldier (uncredited)
Sachio Sakai
Soldier (uncredited)
Senkichi Ōmura
Soldier (uncredited)
Shōichi Hirose
Soldier (uncredited)
Takuzô Kumagaya
Soldier (uncredited)
Yoshio Kosugi
Soldier (uncredited)
Rinsaku Ogata
Young Man (uncredited)
Tadao Nakamaru
Young Man (uncredited)
The Hidden Fortress Reviews
Scene-Stealers.com
Eric Melin
Kurosawa was drawing influence from American directors like John Ford, so its an enjoyable film, but sometimes the movies that influenced a generation of filmmakers lose some of their luster because they've been borrowed from so many times.
Groucho Reviews
Peter Canavese
The play of light and dark elements in what's arguably Akira Kurosawa's most broadly appealing and entertaining picture...explores a dichotomy of the idiocy of greed and the rewards of sacrifice. [Criterion Blu-ray]
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
This is not to say that the action is not vivid, exciting and tense... This is simply to say that "The Hidden Fortress" is essentially a superficial film and that Kurosawa, for all his talent, is as prone to pot-boiling as anyone else.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
By introducing comedy into the mixture and telling the tale from an atypical perspective, Kurosawa has differentiated The Hidden Fortress from nearly every similar feudal era Japanese epic ever committed to the screen. This is a masterpiece.
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
For all its scale, it is at its heart a "nerd" comedy
The Dissolve
Keith Phipps
Kurosawa stages every scene with an eye toward screen-filling spectacle, [...] But he's also concerned with the characters' journey, and how they change-or don't-along the way.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Highly entertaining comical samurai film.
Movie Metropolis
Christopher Long
An immaculately staged bit of escapist entertainment that should not get lost among Kurosawa's more celebrated works.
Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)
Rachel Wagner
A bit on the dry side but worth watching for its influence and scope
Gone With The Twins
Mike Massie
Even in the moments of levity, cleverness works its way into forms of manipulation, trickery, and lucky escapes.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
An entertaining adventure comedy that utilized widescreen technology to breathtaking effect (and represents Kurosawa's first time using Toho Scope), it's an impressively structured endeavor.
Washington Post
Gary Arnold
Kurosawa's calculations pay off in thrills and clever character delineation. The trials of the journey impose heroic imperatives and bonds of loyalty that ennoble even the meanest characters.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
George Lucas gives this Kurosawa classic its props as one of his inspirations for Star Wars.
Esquire Magazine
Dwight MacDonald
The film illustrates Kurosawa's two weaknesses: a tendency to over-labor and repeat and the mingling of incompatible genres; both are traits of a director who is unsure of his style.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
George Lucas says he lifted the plot of Star Wars from this 1958 production, which remains the only Kurosawa film unburdened by a need to make art.
New York Daily News
Dorothy Masters
Suspense and tension are maintained by able performances, skilled direction, shrewd photography.
Newsday
Ben Kubasik
It's good to have Japanese director Akira Kurosawa back with us in top form again with his The Hidden Fortress.
Variety
Harold Myers
One of the best recent examples of Japanese film-making, this festival entry is distinguished by high grade direction. It also abounds in action, and is handsomely acted and produced.
Boston Globe
Marjory Adams
The photography is excellent.
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