1958 2h 19m Akira Kurosawa

The Hidden Fortress

Name: The Hidden Fortress
Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama
Released: 1958
Rating: 8.0
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Misa Uehara

★ 8.0 IMDb

Action & Adventure Drama

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.

Writers Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa

Cast Toshirō Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Misa Uehara

DP Ichio Yamazaki

Production Designer Yoshirō Muraki

Music Masaru Sato

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