The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Kakushi-toride no san-akunin
What you make of another's kindness is up to you.
126 min
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.
- Release date
- December 28, 1958
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Box office
- $57,673
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Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as General Rokurota Makabe
- Minoru Chiaki as Tahei
- Kamatari Fujiwara as Matashichi
- Misa Uehara as Princess Yuki
- Susumu Fujita as General Hyoe Tadokoro
- Takashi Shimura as The Old General, Izumi Nagakura
- Ikio Sawamura as Gambler (uncredited)
- Kōji Mitsui as Guard (uncredited)
- Takeo Oikawa as Guard (uncredited)
- Yū Fujiki as Barrier guard
- Yutaka Sada as Guard (uncredited)
- Haruo Suzuki as Horseman (uncredited)
- Shigekatsu Kanazawa as Horseman (uncredited)
- Shin Ôtomo as Horseman (uncredited)
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Samurai on horse
- Eiko Miyoshi as Old Lady-in-Waiting
- Toranosuke Ogawa as Magistrate (uncredited)
- Kokuten Kōdō as Old Man (uncredited)
- Fuminori Ôhashi as Samurai (uncredited)
- Takeshi Katō as Samurai (uncredited)
- Toshiko Higuchi as Farmer's Daughter bought from slave trader
- Kichijirō Ueda as Slave Trader (uncredited)
- Nakajirō Tomita as Slave Buyer (uncredited)
- Yoshifumi Tajima as Slave Buyer (uncredited)
- Akira Tani as Soldier (uncredited)
Crew
- Akira Kurosawa · Director
- Ryûzô Kikushima · Writer
- Hideo Oguni · Writer
- Shinobu Hashimoto · Writer
- Akira Kurosawa · Writer
- Sanezumi Fujimoto · Producer
- Akira Kurosawa · Producer
- Masaru Satō · Composer
- Kazuo Yamazaki · Cinematographer
- Akira Kurosawa · Editor
- Yoshirô Muraki · Production designer