

The Hidden Fortress
1958 · Movie · 2h 19m
DramaActionAdventure
"What you make of another's kindness is up to you."
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.
Ratings
IMDb
8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
89/100
Key crew
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
- Ryuzo KikushimaScreenplay
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)
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Themes
japanmale friendshipborder crossingjidaigekisengoku periodfeudal japan16th centurymountain fortress























