Not one of kurosawa's best but he's still able to display his craft.
He uses sidecharacters to move his story which would later inspire george lucas on star wars. You can see allot of DNA of star wars in this but they feel different in so many ways and the genres are so different that they are both great in their own ways.
Kurosawa gives these two characters flawed but realistic personalities to ground the big story epic that plays in the midst of them.
And the other characters feel like actual people as well and its kinda refreshing to see such a dominant screen presence be a woman, probably one of my favorite performances in a kurosawa film.
The Hidden Fortress
What you make of another's kindness is up to you.
Rating
4.0 (1)
Release Date
12/28/1958Runtime
139 minsOverview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
JapaneseBudget
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$57,673Homepage
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How It Feels
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A sweeping adventure through feudal Japan where two ordinary, self-interested men are drawn into a mission of honor and discover unexpected depths in themselves and each other. It's a rousing journey that finds humanity and humor amid the violence of warring clans.
Mood
EpicDefiantWhimsicalBittersweet
Themes
FriendshipClassRedemptionSurvival
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Steady
Look
Widescreen epicNaturalistic
Structure
Road movie
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)
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