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Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Writers:
Shinobu Hashimoto (writer)
Ryûzô Kikushima (writer)
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Release Date:
6 October 1960 (USA) more
Plot:
Lured by gold, two greedy peasants escort a man and woman across enemy lines. However, they do not realize that their companions are actually a princess and her general. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 1 nomination more
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(5 articles)
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Cast

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Toshirô Mifune ... General Rokurota Makabe
Misa Uehara ... Princess Yuki
Minoru Chiaki ... Tahei
Kamatari Fujiwara ... Matakishi
Takashi Shimura ... The Old General, Izumi Nagakura
Susumu Fujita ... General Hyoe Tadokoro
Eiko Miyoshi ... Old Lady-in-Waiting
Toshiko Higuchi ... Farmer's Daughter bought from slave trader
Koji Mitsui ... Guard
Shiten Ohashi ... Samurai
Kichijiro Ueda ... Slave Trader
Ikio Sawamura ... Gambler
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Takuzo Kumagaya ... Yamana foot soldier (as Jirô Kumagai)
Tadao Nakamaru ... Young Man
Rinsaku Ogata ... Second Young Man
Ichirô Chiba ... Yamana foot soldier (uncredited)
Yû Fujiki ... Barrier guard (uncredited)
Shoichi Hirose ... Yamana soldier (uncredited)
Minoru Ito ... Samurai on horseback (uncredited)
Shigemasa Kanazawa ... Samurai on horseback (uncredited)
Takeshi Katô ... Fleeing, bloody samurai (uncredited)
Kokuten Kodo ... Old man in front of sign (uncredited)
Yoshio Kosugi ... Akisuki soldier (uncredited)
Ryu Kuze ... Akitsuki soldier (uncredited)
Masayoshi Nagashima ... Yamana samurai (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima ... Akisuki soldier (uncredited)
Etsuro Nishijo ... Yamana samurai (uncredited)
Takeo Obugawa ... Guard at pass barrier (uncredited)
Toranosuke Ogawa ... Magistrate of the bridge barrier (uncredited)
Senkichi Ômura ... Soldier (uncredited)
Shin Otomo ... Samurai on horseback (uncredited)
Yutaka Sada ... Guard at bridge barrier (uncredited)
Sachio Sakai ... Captured foot soldier (uncredited)
Haruya Sakamoto ... Samurai on horseback (uncredited)
Makoto Satô ... Yamada foot soldier (uncredited)
Haruo Suzuki ... Samurai on horseback (uncredited)
Yoshifumi Tajima ... Potential slave buyer (uncredited)
Akira Tani ... Captured foot soldier (uncredited)
Nakajiro Tomita ... Potential slave buyer (uncredited)
Yoshio Tsuchiya ... Samurai on horse (uncredited)
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi ... Samurai on horseback (uncredited)
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Directed by
Akira Kurosawa 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Shinobu Hashimoto  writer
Ryûzô Kikushima  writer
Akira Kurosawa  writer
Hideo Oguni  writer

Produced by
Sanezumi Fujimoto .... producer (as Masumi Fujimoto)
Akira Kurosawa .... producer
 
Original Music by
Masaru Satô 
 
Cinematography by
Kazuo Yamasaki  (as Ichio Yamazeki)
 
Film Editing by
Akira Kurosawa 
 
Production Design by
Yoshirô Muraki 
 
Costume Design by
Masahiro Katô 
 
Makeup Department
Yoshiko Matsumoto .... hair stylist
Junjiro Yamada .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Hiroshi Nezu .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yoshimitsu Banno .... assistant director (as Yoshimitsu Sakano)
Yôichi Matsue .... assistant director
Samaji Nonagase .... chief assistant director
Ken Sano .... assistant director
Yasuyoshi Tajitsu .... assistant director
Masahiro Takase .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Kôhei Ezaki .... art supervisor
Koichi Hamamura .... property master
Shinko Kato .... assistant art director
 
Sound Department
Ichirô Minawa .... sound effects editor
Yoshiro Miyamoto .... sound assistant
Hisashi Shimonaga .... sound mixer
Fumio Yanoguchi .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Sei Arai .... assistant lighting technician
Masao Fukuda .... still photographer
Ichirô Inohara .... lighting technician
Takao Saitô .... assistant camera
Daisaku Kimura .... assistant camera (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Chozo Kobata .... negative cutter
 
Other crew
Shigeru Endo .... horseback riding instructor
Takuyuki Inoue .... production assistant
Ienori Kaneko .... horseback riding instructor
Yoji Ken .... choreographer
Teruyo Nogami .... script supervisor
Koichi Noguchi .... accountant
Yoshio Sugino .... swordplay instructor
Yuichi Yoshitake .... acting office
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Hidden Fortress (USA)
The Three Villains of the Hidden Fortress (informal English title)
Three Bad Men in a Hidden Fortress (International: English title) (literal title)
Three Rascals in the Hidden Fortress (International: English title)
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Runtime:
139 min | USA:126 min | Finland:114 min (1959)
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Perspecta Stereo (optical prints) | Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-11 (re-rating) | Finland:K-16 (original rating) | Spain:13 | UK:PG (video rating) (1994) | UK:A (original rating)
Filming Locations:
Mount Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan
Company:
Toho Company more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Akira Kurosawa's first widescreen film. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Tahei: Get away from me! You stink of dead bodies!
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Movie Connections:
Remade as Kakushi toride no san akunin - The last princess (2008) more

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18 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
Another Masterpiece of Master Akira Kurosawa, 12 August 2005
10/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In the Sixteenth Century, in Japan, Tahei (Minoru Chiaki) and Matakishi (Kamatari Fujiwara), two rascals and greedy peasants, are trying to return to the city of Akizuki through Hayakawa, after an unsuccessful attempt of making money with the war between the clans of Yamana and Akizuki. While warming themselves in a fire, they find gold with the symbol MT. Suribachi of the Akizuki hidden in the firewood, and they decide to search for other branches. Tahei and Matakishi meet General Rokurota Makabe (Toshirô Mifune), who is secretly protecting Princess Yukihime (Misa Uehara), and without knowing their identities, they accept to escort and help them in the transportation of the gold through the enemy lines to Akizuki.

"Kakushi toride no san akunin" is a delightful movie, indeed another masterpiece of master Akira Kurosawa. The screenplay is amazingly wonderful, having action, comedy and code of honor. Toshirô Mifune is perfect in the role of the samurai that is assigned to protect his princess no matter the cost of the life of his young sister; Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara are hilarious in the role of two greedy rascals, ready to betrayal, cheat and risk their miserable lives for gold, and responsible for the funniest moments along the story; the very gorgeous Misa Uehara is stunning in the role of a princess, showing personality and a very noble behavior. Summarizing, it is a perfect movie, with fantastic locations and costumes and magnificent choreography of fights. I intended to use the saying "Hide stones among stones, men among men" said by Makabe to the peasants as the title of my review, but I noted that another IMDb user had the same idea. I read on the cover of the DVD that George Lucas inspired his franchising "Star Wars" in this movie. This was the first time that I watched "Kakushi toride no san akunin", which was unknown for me, and I really recommend it to any audience. My vote is ten.

Title (Brazil): "A Fortaleza Escondida" ("The Hidden Fortress")

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