The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress (1958)

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

Drama Action Adventure

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.

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  • Release Date: 1958-12-28
  • Runtime: 2h 19min
  • Director: Akira Kurosawa

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    Cast

    • Toshirō Mifune

      General Rokurota Makabe

    • Minoru Chiaki

      Tahei

    • Kamatari Fujiwara

      Matashichi

    • Misa Uehara

      Princess Yuki

    • Susumu Fujita

      General Hyoe Tadokoro

    • Takashi Shimura

      General Izumi Nagakura

    • Ikio Sawamura

      Gambler (uncredited)

    • Kōji Mitsui

      Guard (uncredited)

    • Takeo Oikawa

      Guard (uncredited)

    • Yū Fujiki

      Guard (uncredited)

    • Yutaka Sada

      Guard (uncredited)

    • Haruo Suzuki

      Horseman (uncredited)

    • Haruya Sakamoto

      Horseman (uncredited)

    • Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

      Horseman (uncredited)

    • Minoru Itō

      Horseman (uncredited)

    • Shigekatsu Kanazawa

      Horseman (uncredited)

    • Shin Ōtomo

      Horseman (uncredited)

    • Yoshio Tsuchiya

      Horseman (uncredited)

    • Eiko Miyoshi

      Maid (uncredited)

    • Toranosuke Ogawa

      Magistrate (uncredited)

    • Kokuten Kōdō

      Old Man (uncredited)

    • Etsurō Saijō

      Samurai (uncredited)

    • Fuminori Ōhashi

      Samurai (uncredited)

    • Masayoshi Nagashima

      Samurai (uncredited)

    • Takeshi Katō

      Samurai (uncredited)

    • Toshiko Higuchi

      Slave Girl (uncredited)

    • Kichijirō Ueda

      Slave Trader (uncredited)

    • Nakajirō Tomita

      Slave Buyer (uncredited)

    • Yoshifumi Tajima

      Slave Buyer (uncredited)

    • Akira Tani

      Soldier (uncredited)

    • Haruo Nakajima

      Soldier (uncredited)

    • Ichirō Chiba

      Soldier (uncredited)

    • Makoto Satō

      Soldier (uncredited)

    • Ryū Kuze

      Soldier (uncredited)

    • Sachio Sakai

      Soldier (uncredited)

    • Senkichi Ōmura

      Soldier (uncredited)

    • Shōichi Hirose

      Soldier (uncredited)

    • Takuzō Kumagai

      Soldier (uncredited)

    • Yoshio Kosugi

      Soldier (uncredited)

    • Rinsaku Ogata

      Young Man (uncredited)

    • Tadao Nakamaru

      Young Man (uncredited)

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