The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress

139 mins | Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure | Dec. 28, 1958

Japanese peasants Matashichi and Tahei try and fail to make a profit from a tribal war. They find a man and woman whom they believe are simple tribe members hiding in a fortress. Although the peasants don't know that Rokurota is a general and Yuki is a princess, the peasants agree to accompany the pair to safety in return for gold. Along the way, the general must prove his expertise in battle while also hiding his identity.

The Hidden Fortress

139 mins | Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure | Dec. 28, 1958

The Hidden Fortress
Japanese peasants Matashichi and Tahei try and fail to make a profit from a tribal war. They find a man and woman whom they believe are simple tribe members hiding in a fortress. Although the peasants don't know that Rokurota is a general and Yuki is a princess, the peasants agree to accompany the pair to safety in return for gold. Along the way, the general must prove his expertise in battle while also hiding his identity.
IMDb rating 8.1
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 隠し砦の三悪人
Directors Samaji Nonagase, Yoshimitsu Banno, Yôichi Matsue, Akira Kurosawa
Writers Ryûzô Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

as Rokurota Makabe

Minoru Chiaki

as Tahei

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Matashichi

Misa Uehara

as Princess Yuki

Susumu Fujita

as General Hyoe Tadokoro

Takashi Shimura

as Izumi Nagakura

Eiko Miyoshi

as Old Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)

Toshiko Higuchi

as Farmer's Daughter bought from slave trader (uncredited)

Yū Fujiki

as Barrier guard (uncredited)

Yoshio Tsuchiya

as Samurai on horse (uncredited)

Kokuten Kōdō

as Old man in front of sign (uncredited)

Takeshi Katō

as Fleeing, bloody samurai (uncredited)

Kōji Mitsui

as Guard (uncredited)

Toranosuke Ogawa

as Magistrate of the bridge barrier (uncredited)

Kichijirô Ueda

as Slave Trader (uncredited)

Nakajirô Tomita

as Potential slave buyer (uncredited)

Yoshifumi Tajima

as Potential slave buyer (uncredited)

Ikio Sawamura

as Gambler (uncredited)

Senkichi Ômura

as Soldier (uncredited)

Sachio Sakai

as Captured foot soldier (uncredited)

Makoto Satō

as Yamada foot soldier (uncredited)

Yoshio Kosugi

as Akisuki soldier (uncredited)

Akira Tani

as Captured foot soldier (uncredited)

Yutaka Sada

as Guard at bridge barrier (uncredited)

Takeo Oikawa

as Guard at pass barrier (uncredited)

Tadao Nakamaru

as Young Man (uncredited)

Takuzō Kumagai

as Yamana foot soldier (as Jirô Kumagai) (uncredited)

Shôichi Hirose

as Yamana soldier (uncredited)

Etsurô Saijô

as Yamana samurai (uncredited)

Masayoshi Nagashima

as Yamana samurai (uncredited)

Fuminori Ôhashi

as Samurai (uncredited)

Shin Ôtomo

as Samurai on horseback (uncredited)

Minoru Itô

as Samurai on horseback (uncredited)

Haruo Suzuki

as Samurai on horseback (uncredited)

Shigekatsu Kanazawa

as Samurai on horseback (uncredited)

Kazuo Higata

as (uncredited)

Haruo Nakajima

as Akisuki soldier (uncredited)

Ryū Kuze

as Akitsuki soldier (uncredited)

Ichirô Chiba

as Yamana foot soldier (uncredited)

Shigemi Sunagawa

as (uncredited)

Rinsaku Ogata

as Second Young Man (uncredited)

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

as Samurai on horseback (uncredited)

Haruya Sakamoto

as Samurai on horseback (uncredited)