The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress

1958 | 2h 19m | Adventure, Action | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

In medieval Japan, a samurai fights to save a feudal lord's daughter from bandits.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Akira Kurosawa

CAST

Toshirô Mifune

Minoru Chiaki

Susumu Fujita

Kamatari Fujiwara

PRODUCERS

Akira Kurosawa

WRITERS

Hideo Oguni

Akira Kurosawa

Related Videos

Hidden Fortress, The -- (Movie Clip) You Stink Of Dead Bodies!
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Peasants Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara (in these roles, the models for R2D2 and C3PO) in the comic, tragic and profane opening from Akira Kurosawa's celebrated The Hidden Fortress, 1958.
Hidden Fortress, The -- (Movie Clip) 200 Gold Pieces
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Peasants Tahei (Minoru Chiaki) and Matakishi (Kamatari Fujiwara), displeased to find that Makabe (Toshiro Mifune) is still on their trail, find out he also knows about the gold, in Akira Kurosawa's Throne Of Blood, 1958.
Hidden Fortress, The -- (Movie Clip) Let's Die Together!
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Re-united in the wake of a clever slave uprising, Tahei (Minoru Chiaki) and Matakishi (Kamatari Fujiwara) have the luck of cowards, in Akira Kurosawa's first wide-screen feature The Hidden Fortress, 1958.

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