The Hidden Fortress

“What you make of another's kindness is up to you.”

8.0

1958

2h 19m

DramaActionAdventure

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.

Key Crew

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Producers

Akira Kurosawa

Sanezumi Fujimoto

Writers

Akira Kurosawa

Hideo Oguni

Ryuzo Kikushima

Cinematography

Kazuo Yamasaki

Music

Masaru Satō

Cast (41)

Toshirō Mifune

General Rokurota Makabe

Minoru Chiaki

Tahei

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