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The Hidden Fortress

8.0

Released December 28, 1958Runtime 2h 19min

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

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.

Genres

Drama

Action

Adventure

Production Companies

TOHO

Production Countries

Japan

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $57,673
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

Rent

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Cast

Toshirō MifuneGeneral Rokurota Makabe

Minoru ChiakiTahei

Kamatari FujiwaraMatashichi

Misa UeharaPrincess Yuki

Susumu FujitaGeneral Hyoe Tadokoro

Takashi ShimuraGeneral Izumi Nagakura

Ikio SawamuraGambler (uncredited)

Kōji MitsuiGuard (uncredited)

Takeo OikawaGuard (uncredited)

Yū FujikiGuard (uncredited)

Yutaka SadaGuard (uncredited)

Haruo SuzukiHorseman (uncredited)

Haruya SakamotoHorseman (uncredited)

Hiroyoshi YamaguchiHorseman (uncredited)

Minoru ItōHorseman (uncredited)

Shigekatsu KanazawaHorseman (uncredited)

Shin ŌtomoHorseman (uncredited)

Yoshio TsuchiyaHorseman (uncredited)

Eiko MiyoshiMaid (uncredited)

Toranosuke OgawaMagistrate (uncredited)

Kokuten KōdōOld Man (uncredited)

Etsurō SaijōSamurai (uncredited)

Fuminori ŌhashiSamurai (uncredited)

Masayoshi NagashimaSamurai (uncredited)

Takeshi KatōSamurai (uncredited)

Toshiko HiguchiSlave Girl (uncredited)

Kichijirō UedaSlave Trader (uncredited)

Nakajirō TomitaSlave Buyer (uncredited)

Yoshifumi TajimaSlave Buyer (uncredited)

Akira TaniSoldier (uncredited)

Haruo NakajimaSoldier (uncredited)

Ichirō ChibaSoldier (uncredited)

Makoto SatōSoldier (uncredited)

Ryū KuzeSoldier (uncredited)

Sachio SakaiSoldier (uncredited)

Senkichi ŌmuraSoldier (uncredited)

Shōichi HiroseSoldier (uncredited)

Takuzō KumagaiSoldier (uncredited)

Yoshio KosugiSoldier (uncredited)

Rinsaku OgataYoung Man (uncredited)

Tadao NakamaruYoung Man (uncredited)

Crew

Akira KurosawaDirector

Yōichi MatsueAssistant Director

Masaji NonagaseAssistant Director

Yoshimitsu BannoAssistant Director

Akira KurosawaScreenplay

Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay

Hideo OguniScreenplay

Ryūzō KikushimaScreenplay

Sanezumi FujimotoProducer

Akira KurosawaProducer

Yoshirō MurakiProduction Design

Akira KurosawaEditor

Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer

Eiji TsuburayaVisual Effects

Kazuo YamasakiDirector of Photography

Ichirō InoharaGaffer

Masahiro KatōCostume Designer

Yoshiko MatsumotoHairstylist

Junjirō YamadaHairstylist

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Reviews

Now though top billing and much of the screen time is afforded to Kurosawa regular Toshirô Mifune ("Gen. Makabe") this film really belongs to the two opportunistic farmers "Matakichi" (Kamatari Fujiwara) and "Tahei" (Minori Chiaki). These two chancers learn of a fortune in gold hidden away after th...