The Hidden Fortress
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 19 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 29, 2016
- Originally Released: 1958
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Toshirô Mifune | |
| Performer: | Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura, Susumu Fujita & Eiko Miyoshi | |
| Directed by | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Edited by | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Screenwriting by | Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto & Ryuzo Kikushima | |
| Composition by | Masaru Satô | |
| Cinematography by | Kazuo Yamasaki | |
| Produced by | Masumi Fujimoto & Akira Kurosawa |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: 9/10 --
Mifune shines and invigorates what remains secondary Kurosawa (less rewarding than Throne), but a solid primal adventure in its own right.
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Film International
Rating: 8/10 --
An immaculately staged bit of escapist entertainment that should not get lost among Kurosawa's more celebrated works.
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Movie Metropolis
Rating: 5/5 --
The Hidden Fortress effortlessly intertwines action, drama, and comedy.
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BBC.com
Rating: 3.5/4 --
For all its scale, it is at its heart a "nerd" comedy
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Film Freak Central
Kurosawa's calculations pay off in thrills and clever character delineation. The trials of the journey impose heroic imperatives and bonds of loyalty that ennoble even the meanest characters.
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Washington Post
Rating: 4.5/5 --
Kurosawa stages every scene with an eye toward screen-filling spectacle, [...] But he's also concerned with the characters' journey, and how they change-or don't-along the way.
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The Dissolve
Rating: 4/4 --
By introducing comedy into the mixture and telling the tale from an atypical perspective, Kurosawa has differentiated The Hidden Fortress from nearly every similar feudal era Japanese epic ever committed to the screen. This is a masterpiece.
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Product Description:
During a civil war in 16th-century feudal Japan, two cowardly farmers (Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara) stumble upon Makabe (Toshirô Mifune), a fierce army general. Escaping from hostile territory, General Makabe embarks on a mission to rescue both Yukihime (Misa Uehara), the willfull princess of his ruling house, and the royal fortune. In the selfish hopes of finding the gold, the two misfits accompany the hardened soldier through dangerous mountain passes.
In addition to its status as one of Akira Kurosawa's finest films, THE HIDDEN FORTRESS is especially notable for its influence on director George Lucas's STAR WARS. Lucas admittedly borrowed much from Kurosawa's lighthearted epic; the two bickering misfits were the inspiration for R2-D2 and C-3PO, while Princess Leia was largely patterned after the feisty Lady Yukihime. Both Luke Skywalker and Han Solo contain elements of General Makabe, but neither character matches Mifune's disciplined ferocity.
In addition to its status as one of Akira Kurosawa's finest films, THE HIDDEN FORTRESS is especially notable for its influence on director George Lucas's STAR WARS. Lucas admittedly borrowed much from Kurosawa's lighthearted epic; the two bickering misfits were the inspiration for R2-D2 and C-3PO, while Princess Leia was largely patterned after the feisty Lady Yukihime. Both Luke Skywalker and Han Solo contain elements of General Makabe, but neither character matches Mifune's disciplined ferocity.
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- Sales Rank: 53,933
- UPC: 715515174817
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