Fresh
Essentially a superficial film and that Kurosawa, for all his talent, is as prone to pot-boiling as anyone else.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
The Hidden Fortress
What you make of another's kindness is up to you.
1958 · 2h 19m · Not Rated
Action, Adventure, Drama
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Akira Kurosawa Director
- Toshirō Mifune as Rokurota Makabe
- Takashi Shimura as Izumi Nagakura
- Minoru Chiaki as Tahei
- Kamatari Fujiwara as Matashichi
- Misa Uehara as Princess Yuki
- Susumu Fujita as General Hyoe Tadokoro
- Eiko Miyoshi as Old Lady-in-Waiting
- Ikio Sawamura Cast
- Toshiko Higuchi Cast
- Kōji Mitsui Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
By introducing comedy into the mixture and telling the tale from an atypical perspective, Kurosawa has differentiated The Hidden Fortress from nearly every similar feudal era Japanese epic ever committed to the screen. This is a masterpiece.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
More films
Star Wars (1977)
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction · PG
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Director
- George Lucas
- Cast
- Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
IMDb
8.6
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
90
Comments
Talk about the film with other members