Movie
The Hidden Fortress
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1958-12-28
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Genres
- Drama, Action, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- TOHO
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
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
- Ikio Sawamura as Gambler (uncredited)
- Kōji Mitsui as Guard (uncredited)
- Takeo Oikawa as Guard (uncredited)
- Yū Fujiki as Guard (uncredited)
- Yutaka Sada as Guard (uncredited)
- Haruo Suzuki as Horseman (uncredited)
Crew
- Akira Kurosawa - Director
- Akira Kurosawa - Screenplay
- Hideo Oguni - Screenplay
- Ryuzo Kikushima - Screenplay
- Shinobu Hashimoto - Screenplay
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