Toshirō Mifune

Minoru Chiaki

Kamatari Fujiwara

Misa Uehara

Susumu Fujita

Takashi Shimura

Ikio Sawamura

Kōji Mitsui

Takeo Oikawa

Yū Fujiki

Yutaka Sada

Haruo Suzuki

Haruya Sakamoto

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

Minoru Itō

Shigekatsu Kanazawa

Shin Ōtomo

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Eiko Miyoshi

Toranosuke Ogawa

Kokuten Kōdō

Etsurō Saijō

Fuminori Ōhashi

Masayoshi Nagashima

Takeshi Katō

Toshiko Higuchi

Kichijirō Ueda

Nakajirō Tomita

Yoshifumi Tajima

Akira Tani

Haruo Nakajima

Ichirō Chiba

Makoto Satō

Ryū Kuze

Sachio Sakai

Senkichi Ōmura

Shōichi Hirose

Takuzō Kumagai

Yoshio Kosugi

Rinsaku Ogata

Tadao Nakamaru

Akira Kurosawa

Sanezumi Fujimoto

Masaru Satō

Yoshirō Muraki

Eiji Tsuburaya

Kazuo Yamasaki

Masahiro Katō

Ichirō Inohara

Hideo Oguni

Ryūzō Kikushima

Shinobu Hashimoto

Yoshiko Matsumoto

Junjirō Yamada

Yoshimitsu Banno

Yōichi Matsue

Masaji Nonagase

Drama

Action

Adventure

隠し砦の三悪人

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The Hidden Fortress

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Now though top billing and much of the screen time is afforded to Kurosawa regular Toshirô Mifune ("Gen. Makabe") this film really belongs to the two opportunistic farmers "Matakichi" (Kamatari Fujiwara) and "Tahei" (Minori Chiaki). These two chancers learn of a fortune in gold hidden away after their land is invaded by their neighbours. Off they set to discover it, and along the way stumble upon the general in his mountain-top eerie. Now it's not really a fortress, more a big shack at the top of a hill, but they soon discover it hides something way more valuable than gold. The Princess "Yuki" (Misa Uehara) who is wanted by her enemies even more than the treasure. Their bumbling ineptitude and  curiosity married with their greed and of course - acute sense of self preservation - leads them to join with the fleeing couple and for all four to try and smuggle the princess and the loot to the safety of an adjacent kingdom where safety awaits. What ensues now is a series of entertaining and perilous adventures that allow each character to take centre stage. Mifune is very much in his element as the loyal, chivalrous - and pretty lethal - general; the Princess is no shrinking violet either and along the way we are entertained to an engaging assessment of the venality, mendacity and couragousness of war - it brings out the best and the worst in everyone. There is an almost Laurel and Hardy feeling to the end of this perfectly paced adventure film, which certainly raises a smile and I thoroughly enjoyed this.

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

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The Hidden Fortress

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