The Hidden Fortress

Name: The Hidden Fortress
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure
Released: 1958

Akira Kurosawa, 1958

Spine #116

Picked by 2 guests

Drama / Action / Adventure

Criterion Letterboxd TMDB

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Written by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima

Cinematography Kazuo Yamasaki

Edited by Akira Kurosawa

Cast Toshirō Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Misa Uehara, Susumu Fujita, Takashi Shimura, Ikio Sawamura, Kōji Mitsui

Picked by

Mark Rylance actor

“And I’m starting with a film I’ve seen called Hidden Fortress by Kurosawa, because I’m about to direct my first film. Yeah, believe it or not. And I keep thinking of the opening shot of this, and I want to really look at his framing of things.”

Floyd Norman animator

“The Hidden Fortress probably inspired another filmmaker, George Lucas, and Star Wars got a good deal of inspiration from this film, The Hidden Fortress by Kurosawa. Great motion picture.”