The Hidden Fortress (Kakushi toride no san-akunin)
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Synopsis
Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
Cast
- Toshirô Mifune
- Minoru Chiaki
- Kamatari Fujiwara
- Susumu Fujita
- Takashi Shimura
- Misa Uehara
- Eiko Miyoshi
- Toshiko Higuchi
- Yû Fujiki
- Yoshio Tsuchiya
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- Jul 13, 2015
This unexpectedly became "family movie night" when my older boy -- he's 8 -- walked into my office and said, "So Star Wars is really about the two droids?" and I said, sort of. I explained that George Lucas had seen Hidden Fortress and liked telling a larger story through…
bmerryJul 23, 2024maybe a hot take but this is the perfect entry point for kurosawa
KarstenMay 8, 2020At certain points in their careers, even cinema’s greatest auteurs have needed to cover their asses with a hit; it’s the nature of the beast, and even the most thoroughly housebroken of pets still needs to be fed. For Akira Kurosawa — a soft-hearted tyrant who lorded over…
davidehrlich - Dec 29, 2012
Kurosawa's hangout movie.
matt lynchMar 24, 2014Star Wars without fucking Ewoks or Jar Jar fucking Binks. Cadaver stink. Dead-body armor. C-3PO and R2-D2's silly fuckin' cousins. A huge-ass reward. Fuckin' grave diggin'. Where's da fuckin' gold at? Escaping like Steve fuckin' McQueen. The way Toshiro Mifune laughs. The…
Todd GainesApr 27, 2022from here on out, i’m prioritizing my kurosawa watches based on how many times toshirō mifune’s mighty thighs are displayed.
Christina - Aug 15, 2020
This is the best Star Wars movie
BananaPuddingthe perfect adventure. an incredibly virile toshiro mifune doing power stances in short-shorts with this hyper-tactile b&w cinemascope is exactly what movies were made for
comrade_yuiApr 16, 2015This film is, like Yojimbo, light fare for Kurosawa. It's an adventure story. There are themes here, important and intelligent points, but the focus is on the comic relief characters. Its themes of hidden depths and open subterfuges require their roles to be prominent,…
Sally Jane Black
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- RayRay lovedThe Hidden Fortress
Leia is pretty hot in this one, though a little autistic Very funny and entertaining throughout, wasn’t bored for a second. Great adventure film with great characters. And the good buddy ending was great. R2 and C-3PO were really funny. Chewie girl was strange, but who gives?
Izaak Whisler lovedThe Hidden FortressI had a genuinely good time watching this movie. the characters and the story were just so good. i don't know what else to say but i really really enjoyed it. the camera work was amazing and the performances were outstanding.
Boomer Doomer lovedThe Hidden FortressFantastic film from start to finish
- Sara likedThe Hidden Fortress
Objectively this is a very good movie; I didn’t enjoy it as much as I should have simply because action is not my forte but I liked the character beats and the score, which never stopped being over the top in a very Me way
Justin likedThe Hidden FortressThis is just a silly fun time. I enjoyed this but it’s certainly not one of Kurosawa’s best.
blue cat likedThe Hidden Fortressgreat soundtrack, great combat choreography, great humor, and great lessons.
- Jose Nieves likedThe Hidden Fortress
Good for it’s time. The movie that inspired Star Wars.
In2mnts lovedThe Hidden FortressClassic Japanese action. Favorite actor & director
Martin Latour likedThe Hidden FortressIt's where Star Wars got its plot.
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This is not to say that the action is not vivid, exciting and tense, or that Kurosawa's camera is any less graphic than it usually is. 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.
Bosley Crowther
The New York Times
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 that deserves more credit than it is often given.
James Berardinelli
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Frequently Asked Questions
How long is The Hidden Fortress (Kakushi toride no san-akunin)?
The movie is 2hr 6min long.
What's The Hidden Fortress (Kakushi toride no san-akunin) about?
Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
Who's the cast of The Hidden Fortress (Kakushi toride no san-akunin)?
- Toshirô Mifune as General Rokurota Makabe
- Minoru Chiaki as Tahei
- Kamatari Fujiwara as Matashichi
- Susumu Fujita as General Hyoe Tadokoro
- Takashi Shimura as The Old General, Izumi Nagakura
- Misa Uehara as Princess Yuki
- Eiko Miyoshi as Old Lady-in-Waiting
- Toshiko Higuchi as Farmer's Daughter bought from slave trader
- Yû Fujiki as Barrier guard
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Samurai on horse
Who's the director behind The Hidden Fortress (Kakushi toride no san-akunin)?
Akira Kurosawa directed The Hidden Fortress (Kakushi toride no san-akunin).
Who produced The Hidden Fortress (Kakushi toride no san-akunin)?
Sanezumi Fujimoto produced The Hidden Fortress (Kakushi toride no san-akunin).
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