Summary:
Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress (original Japanese title: Kakushi Toride No San Akunin) stars Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara as a pair of misfit soldiers. Running from the enemy after a disastrous defeat, the two soldiers fall in with general Toshiro Mifune, who is in search of a huge cache of gold. Mifune is also desirous of freeing princess-in-exile Mis... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Toshiro Mifune - (Gen. Rokurota Makabe)
Misa Uehara - (Lady Yukihime)
Kamatari Fujiwara - (Matashichi)
Minoru Chiaki - (Tahei)
Susumu Fujita - (Gen. Hyoe Tadokoro)
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Review:
Kurosawa's light adventure is probably best known as one of the primary inspirations for George Lucas' Star Wars (1977), but it's a masterful entertainment in its own right. Toshiro Mifune stars as a famous general who uses a couple of clownish peasants to help him transport a gold shipment and a volatile young princess through enemy... Continue >>

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