Project Author: David Mills
June 23, 2025
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
TOHO
The Hidden Fortress
What you make of another's kindness is up to you.
Genre:
Drama, Action, Adventure
Runtime:
139
Released:
1958
Rating:
7.968
Budget:
Box Office:
WRITERS
Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryūzō Kikushima, Shinobu Hashimoto
FILM OVERVIEW
The Hidden Fortress
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.
DIRECTOR
Akira Kurosawa
GALLERY
PRODUCTION TEAM
Akira Kurosawa (Director)
Akira Kurosawa (Producer)
Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay)
Sanezumi Fujimoto (Producer)
Masaru Satō (Original Music Composer)
Akira Kurosawa (Editor)
Yoshirō Muraki (Production Design)
Eiji Tsuburaya (Visual Effects)
Kazuo Yamasaki (Director of Photography)
Masahiro Katō (Costume Designer)
CAST MEMBERS
Toshirō Mifune
Minoru Chiaki
Kamatari Fujiwara
Misa Uehara
Susumu Fujita
Takashi Shimura
Ikio Sawamura
Kōji Mitsui
Takeo Oikawa
Yū Fujiki
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