Drama ·Action ·Adventure · Japan · 1958 · 2h 19m

The Hidden Fortress

隠し砦の三悪人

The Hidden Fortress poster
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Cast
Toshirō Mifune as General Rokurota Makabe Minoru Chiaki as Tahei Kamatari Fujiwara as Matashichi Misa Uehara as Princess Yuki Susumu Fujita as General Hyoe Tadokoro Takashi Shimura as General Izumi Nagakura
Crew
Kazuo Yamasaki — Director of Photography Akira Kurosawa — Editor Masaru Satō — Original Music Composer Akira Kurosawa — Screenplay Shinobu Hashimoto — Screenplay Hideo Oguni — Screenplay
Tagline

What you make of another's kindness is up to you.

Synopsis

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.

Trailer The Hidden Fortress — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
japanmale friendshipborder crossingjidaigekisengoku periodfeudal japan16th centurymountain fortress
Key Collaborators
Akira Kurosawa Director Kazuo Yamasaki Director of Photography Akira Kurosawa Editor Masaru Satō Original Music Composer Akira Kurosawa Screenplay Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay Hideo Oguni Screenplay Ryuzo Kikushima Screenplay Sanezumi Fujimoto Producer Akira Kurosawa Producer Yoshirō Muraki Production Design
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