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Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAkira Kurosawa's first Tohoscope (widescreen) film.
- GoofsWhenever a character is shot at behind cover, bullets hit the cover and kick up dust. The dust vanishes when the character appears because two separate takes were used.
- Quotes
General Rokurota Makabe: Hide a stone among stones and a man among men.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: What's Wrong with Home Video (1988)
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Waiting for Rokurota
The Hidden Fortress is a fine movie that deserves better than to be remembered as the inspiration for Star Wars. Two more dissimilar movies would hard to be imagined. The peasants bear a striking resemblance to Vladimir and Estragon in their infighting, negotiable affection for each other and their seeming inability to make any real progress toward any goal whatsoever. They are truly a venal pair, loveable only in their humanity and humor.
I saw The Hidden Fortress on the Criterion DVD. Beautiful print but no commentary outside of a brief interview with George Lucas distancing himself from the film's alleged influence on Star Wars. It would have been nice to hear interviews with surviving cast and crew or a knowledgeable historian. Criterion also made a terrible choice in not translating more of the credits. Only Kurosawa and Mifuni had the honor of an English translation. Surely Misa Uehara, Minoru Chaiki and Kamatari Fujiwara deserve to have their names known to we who lack basic Japanese. The Princess and the peasants help make this movie what it is. I gripe too much though. Without Criterion (and Netflix)I would not have been able to see this movie at all.
Again, The Hidden Fortress is a great movie that also happens to be great fun. Highly recommended
I saw The Hidden Fortress on the Criterion DVD. Beautiful print but no commentary outside of a brief interview with George Lucas distancing himself from the film's alleged influence on Star Wars. It would have been nice to hear interviews with surviving cast and crew or a knowledgeable historian. Criterion also made a terrible choice in not translating more of the credits. Only Kurosawa and Mifuni had the honor of an English translation. Surely Misa Uehara, Minoru Chaiki and Kamatari Fujiwara deserve to have their names known to we who lack basic Japanese. The Princess and the peasants help make this movie what it is. I gripe too much though. Without Criterion (and Netflix)I would not have been able to see this movie at all.
Again, The Hidden Fortress is a great movie that also happens to be great fun. Highly recommended
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $46,808
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,942
- Jul 28, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $46,847
- Runtime2 hours 6 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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