The Hidden Fortress (The Criterion Collection)
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The Hidden Fortress (The Criterion Collection)
A general and a princess must dodge enemy clans while smuggling the royal treasure out of hostile territory with two bumbling, conniving peasants at their sides; it's a spirited adventure that only Akira Kurosawa could create. Acknowledged as a primary influence on George Lucas' Star Wars, The Hidden Fortress delivers Kurosawa's inimitably deft blend of wry humor, breathtaking action and humanist compassion on an epic scale. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this landmark motion picture in a stunning, newly-restored Tohoscope edition.
Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
Language : Japanese
Director : Akira Kurosawa
Media Format : NTSC, Anamorphic, Black & White, Widescreen, Subtitled, DVD-Video
Run time : 2 hours and 6 minutes
Release date : Oct. 1 2002
Actors : Toshir Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takashi Shimura
Subtitles: : English
Language : Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified, Japanese (Dolby Digital 3.0)
Studio : Criterion
Writers : Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryz Kikushima, Shinobu Hashimoto
Number of discs : 1
The Hidden Fortress (Japanese: 隠し砦の三悪人, Hepburn: Kakushi Toride no San Akunin, lit. 'The Three Villains of the Hidden Fortress') is a 1958 Japanese jidaigeki adventure film directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It tells the story of two peasants who agree to escort a man and a woman across enemy lines in return for gold without knowing that he is a general and the woman is a princess. The film stars Toshiro Mifune as General Makabe Rokurōta and Misa Uehara as Princess Yuki while the peasants, Tahei and Matashichi, are portrayed by Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara respectively.
Toshiro Mifune as General Rokurota Makabe (真壁 六郎太, Makabe Rokurota)
Minoru Chiaki as Tahei
Kamatari Fujiwara as Matashichi
Susumu Fujita as General Hyoe Tadokoro (田所 兵衛, Tadokoro Hyoe)
Takashi Shimura as General Izumi Nagakura (長倉 和泉, Nagakura Izumi)
Misa Uehara as Princess Yuki
Eiko Miyoshi as Yuki's lady-in-waiting
Toshiko Higuchi as a prostitute purchased by the group who chooses to accompany them
Yū Fujiki as a Yamana soldier
Sachio Sakai as a samurai
Yoshio Tsuchiya as a Yamana samurai
Kokuten Kōdō as an old villager who tells Matashichi about a reward for Yuki's capture
Kōji Mitsui as a Yamana guard overseeing the excavation of Akizuki Castle
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