THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (THE CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 1958
• Genre: Action, Drama, Martial Arts
• Plot: A GENERAL AND A PRINCESS must dodge enemy clans while smuggling the royal treasure out of hostile territory with two bumbling, conniving peasants at their sides; it's a spirited adventure that only Akira Kurosawa could create. Acknowledged as a primary influence on George Lucas' 'Star Wars,' 'The Hidden Fortress' delivers Kurosawa's inimitably deft blend of wry humor, breathtaking action and humanist compassion on an epic scale. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this landmark motion picture in a stunning, newly-restored Tohoscope edition.
• Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Rinsaku Ogata, Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Haruya Sakamoto, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Susumu Fujita, Takashi Shimura, Misa Uehara, Eiko Miyoshi, Toshiko Higuchi, Yû Fujiki, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kokuten Kôdô, Takeshi Katô, Kôji Mitsui, Toranosuke Ogawa, Kichijirô Ueda, Nakajirô Tomita, Yoshifumi Tajima, Ikio Sawamura, Senkichi Ômura, Sachio Sakai, Makoto Satô, Yoshio Kosugi, Akira Tani, Yutaka Sada, Takeo Oikawa, Tadao Nakamaru, Takuzô Kumagai, Shôichi Hirose, Etsuo Saijô, Masayoshi Nagashima, Fuminori Ôhashi, Shin Ôtomo, Minoru Itô, Haruo Suzuki, Shigekatsu Kanazawa, Kazuo Hinata, Haruo Nakajima, Ryû Kuze, Ichirô Chiba, Shigemi Sunagawa, Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Sanezumi Fujimoto, Kazuo Yamasaki, Masaru Satô, Fumio Yanoguchi, Yoshirô Muraki
• Director: Akira Kurosawa
• Runtime: 2:19
• Company: Toho Co., Ltd., The Classic Collection, Home Vision Entertainment (HVE), Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie