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The Hidden Fortress
Release Date: December 28, 1958
| Year | : | 1958 |
| Slogan | : | «» |
| Genres | : | Adventure, Drama, Action, Comedy |
| Production Companies | : | TOHO |
| Director | : | Akira Kurosawa |
| Producers | : | Akira Kurosawa, Sanezumi Fujimoto |
| Writers | : | Akira Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Ryūzō Kikushima |
| RunTime | : | 139 mins. |
Japanese peasants Matashichi and Tahei try and fail to make a profit from a tribal war. They find a man and woman whom they believe are simple tribe members hiding in a fortress. Although the peasants don't know that Rokurota is a general and Yuki is a princess, the peasants agree to accompany the pair to safety in return for gold. Along the way, the general must prove his expertise in battle while also hiding his identity.
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Trailer: THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (1958) Theatrical Trailer - Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki
Featurette: Steven Berkoff on The Hidden Fortress | BFI
Featurette: Brian Trenchard-Smith on THE HIDDEN FORTRESS
Main Actors
Toshirō Mifune
Character : Rokurota Makabe
Minoru Chiaki
Character : Tahei
Kamatari Fujiwara
Character : Matashichi
Misa Uehara
Character : Princess Yuki
Susumu Fujita
Character : General Hyoe Tadokoro
Takashi Shimura
Character : Izumi Nagakura
Eiko Miyoshi
Character : Old Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Toshiko Higuchi
Character : Farmer's Daughter bought from slave trader (uncredited)
Yū Fujiki
Character : Barrier guard (uncredited)
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Character : Samurai on horse (uncredited)
Kokuten Kōdō
Character : Old man in front of sign (uncredited)
Takeshi Katō
Character : Fleeing, bloody samurai (uncredited)
Kōji Mitsui
Character : Guard (uncredited)
Toranosuke Ogawa
Character : Magistrate of the bridge barrier (uncredited)
Kichijirô Ueda
Character : Slave Trader (uncredited)
Nakajirō Tomita
Character : Potential slave buyer (uncredited)
Yoshifumi Tajima
Character : Potential slave buyer (uncredited)
Ikio Sawamura
Character : Gambler (uncredited)
Senkichi Ômura
Character : Soldier (uncredited)
Sachio Sakai
Character : Captured foot soldier (uncredited)
Makoto Satō
Character : Yamada foot soldier (uncredited)
Yoshio Kosugi
Character : Akisuki soldier (uncredited)
Akira Tani
Character : Captured foot soldier (uncredited)
Yutaka Sada
Character : Guard at bridge barrier (uncredited)
Takeo Oikawa
Character : Guard at pass barrier (uncredited)
Tadao Nakamaru
Character : Young Man (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai
Character : Yamana foot soldier (as Jirô Kumagai) (uncredited)
Shôichi Hirose
Character : Yamana soldier (uncredited)
Etsurō Saijō
Character : Yamana samurai (uncredited)
Masayoshi Nagashima
Character : Yamana samurai (uncredited)
Fuminori Ôhashi
Character : Samurai (uncredited)
Shin Ôtomo
Character : Samurai on horseback (uncredited)
Minoru Itō
Character : Samurai on horseback (uncredited)
Haruo Suzuki
Character : Samurai on horseback (uncredited)
Shigekatsu Kanazawa
Character : Samurai on horseback (uncredited)
Kazuo Higata
Character : (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
Character : Akisuki soldier (uncredited)
Ryū Kuze
Character : Akitsuki soldier (uncredited)
Ichirô Chiba
Character : Yamana foot soldier (uncredited)
Shigemi Sunagawa
Character : (uncredited)
Rinsaku Ogata
Character : Second Young Man (uncredited)
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Character : Samurai on horseback (uncredited)
Haruya Sakamoto
Character : Samurai on horseback (uncredited)
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