The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress
1958DramaActionAdventure139 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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.

  • Akira Kurosawa

    Director

  • Akira Kurosawa

    Screenplay

  • Hideo Oguni

    Screenplay

  • Ryūzō Kikushima

    Screenplay

  • Shinobu Hashimoto

    Screenplay

  • Kazuo Yamasaki

    Director of Photography

  • Akira Kurosawa

    Editor

  • Toshirō Mifune

    General Rokurota Makabe

  • Minoru Chiaki

    Tahei

  • Kamatari Fujiwara

    Matashichi

  • Misa Uehara

    Princess Yuki

  • Susumu Fujita

    General Hyoe Tadokoro

  • Takashi Shimura

    General Izumi Nagakura

  • Ikio Sawamura

    Gambler (uncredited)

  • Kōji Mitsui

    Guard (uncredited)

  • Takeo Oikawa

    Guard (uncredited)

  • Yū Fujiki

    Guard (uncredited)

  • Yutaka Sada

    Guard (uncredited)

  • Haruo Suzuki

    Horseman (uncredited)

  • Haruya Sakamoto

    Horseman (uncredited)

  • Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

    Horseman (uncredited)

  • Minoru Itō

    Horseman (uncredited)

  • Shigekatsu Kanazawa

    Horseman (uncredited)

  • Shin Ōtomo

    Horseman (uncredited)

  • Yoshio Tsuchiya

    Horseman (uncredited)

  • Eiko Miyoshi

    Maid (uncredited)

  • Toranosuke Ogawa

    Magistrate (uncredited)

  • Kokuten Kōdō

    Old Man (uncredited)

  • Etsurō Saijō

    Samurai (uncredited)

  • Fuminori Ōhashi

    Samurai (uncredited)

  • Masayoshi Nagashima

    Samurai (uncredited)

  • Takeshi Katō

    Samurai (uncredited)

  • Toshiko Higuchi

    Slave Girl (uncredited)

  • Kichijirō Ueda

    Slave Trader (uncredited)

  • Nakajirō Tomita

    Slave Buyer (uncredited)

  • Yoshifumi Tajima

    Slave Buyer (uncredited)

  • Akira Tani

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Haruo Nakajima

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Ichirō Chiba

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Makoto Satō

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Ryū Kuze

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Sachio Sakai

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Senkichi Ōmura

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Shōichi Hirose

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Takuzō Kumagai

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Yoshio Kosugi

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Rinsaku Ogata

    Young Man (uncredited)

    • 2.0

    Runtime

    139 minutes

    Released

    1958-12-28

    Languages

    日本語

    Countries

    Japan

    Studios

    TOHO

    Sound

  • Masaru Satō

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    35 days ago

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