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The Hidden Fortress

Original title: 隠し砦の三悪人

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

  • Movie
  • 1958
  • 2h 19m

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

8.0

TMDB audience rating
8.0 out of 10 from 751 votes

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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.

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Play trailer: Hidden Fortress | 1958 Trailer - Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki

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Cast and crew

  • Toshirō Mifune

    Toshirō MifuneGeneral Rokurota Makabe

  • Minoru Chiaki

    Minoru ChiakiTahei

  • Kamatari Fujiwara

    Kamatari FujiwaraMatashichi

  • Misa Uehara

    Misa UeharaPrincess Yuki

  • Susumu Fujita

    Susumu FujitaGeneral Hyoe Tadokoro

  • Takashi Shimura

    Takashi ShimuraGeneral Izumi Nagakura

  • Ikio Sawamura

    Ikio SawamuraGambler (uncredited)

  • Kōji Mitsui

    Kōji MitsuiGuard (uncredited)

  • Takeo OikawaGuard (uncredited)

  • Yū Fujiki

    Yū FujikiGuard (uncredited)

  • Yutaka Sada

    Yutaka SadaGuard (uncredited)

  • Haruo Suzuki

    Haruo SuzukiHorseman (uncredited)

  • Haruya SakamotoHorseman (uncredited)

  • Hiroyoshi YamaguchiHorseman (uncredited)

  • Minoru ItōHorseman (uncredited)

  • Shigekatsu KanazawaHorseman (uncredited)

  • Shin Ōtomo

    Shin ŌtomoHorseman (uncredited)

  • Yoshio Tsuchiya

    Yoshio TsuchiyaHorseman (uncredited)

Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni
Music
Masaru Satō
Cinematography
Kazuo Yamasaki