Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

8.0

2002

41m

Documentary

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Hidden Fortress" (1958).

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

Key Crew

Director

Yoshinari Okamoto

Producers

Masayuki Yui

Teruyo Nogami

Writers

Yoshinari Okamoto

Masayuki Yui

Cast (16)

Masayuki Yui

Narrator

Akira Kurosawa

Self

Teruyo Nogami

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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

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Director

Producers

Writers

Cast (16)

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Harakiri

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