The Hidden Fortress

Dec 28, 1958

2h 19m

★ 8.0

What you make of another's kindness is up to you.

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.

Genres

Drama

Action

Adventure

Production Companies

TOHO

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Cast

General Rokurota Makabe

Toshirō Mifune

Tahei

Minoru Chiaki

Matashichi

Kamatari Fujiwara

Princess Yuki

Misa Uehara

General Hyoe Tadokoro

Susumu Fujita

General Izumi Nagakura

Takashi Shimura

Gambler (uncredited)

Ikio Sawamura

Guard (uncredited)

Kōji Mitsui

Guard (uncredited)

Takeo Oikawa

Guard (uncredited)

Yū Fujiki

Guard (uncredited)

Yutaka Sada

Horseman (uncredited)

Haruo Suzuki

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