The Hidden Fortress

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Awards

Berlin International Film Festival 1959 - Nominated - Golden Berlin Bear

Berlin International Film Festival 1959 - Won - Best Director

Berlin International Film Festival 1959 - Won - FIPRESCI Prize

Blue Ribbon Awards 1959 - Won - Best Film

Berlin International Film Festival 1959 - Nominated - Golden Berlin Bear

Berlin International Film Festival 1959 - Won - Best Director

Berlin International Film Festival 1959 - Won - FIPRESCI Prize

Blue Ribbon Awards 1959 - Won - Best Film

Kinema Junpo Awards 1959 - Won - Best Screenplay

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Film Synopsis

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.

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Runtime:
139 min.

Country:
JAPAN

Language:
Japanese

Color:
Color

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SPECIAL FEATURES:

New 16x9 transfer, with digitally restored image and sound
Exclusive video interview with George Lucas about The Hidden Fortress
Optional Dolby Digital 3.0 soundtrack preserving the original Perspect-A-Sound simulated-stereo effects
Original theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

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Directed by
Akira Kurosawa

Produced by
Sanezumi Fujimoto

Writing credits
Hideo Oguni
Akira Kurosawa
Ryuzo Kikushima
Shinobu Hashimoto

Cast

Misa Uehara
Toshiro Mifune
Kamatari Fujiwara
Susumu Fujita
Minoru Chiaki

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