Back Gizli qalada üç əclaf (film, 1958) Azerbaijani Тры нягоднікі ў схаванай крэпасці Byelorussian Трима негодници в скритата крепост Bulgarian Kakushi toride no san akunin Catalan Die verborgene Festung German Το μυστικό φρούριο Greek La kaŝita fortikaĵo Esperanto La fortaleza escondida Spanish دژ پنهان Persian Kätketty linnake Finnish
| The Hidden Fortress | |
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| Directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
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| Cinematography | Ichio Yamazaki[1] |
| Edited by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Music by | Masaru Sato[1] |
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Running time | 139 minutes[2] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | ¥195 million[3] |
| Box office | ¥342.64 million[4] |
The Hidden Fortress (Japanese: 隠し砦の三悪人, Hepburn: Kakushi Toride no San Akunin, lit. 'The Three Villains of the Hidden Fortress') is a 1958 Japanese jidaigeki[5] adventure film directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It tells the story of two peasants who agree to escort a man and a woman across enemy lines in return for gold without knowing that he is a general and the woman is a princess. The film stars Toshiro Mifune as General Makabe Rokurōta and Misa Uehara as Princess Yuki while the peasants, Tahei and Matashichi, are portrayed by Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara respectively.
The Hidden Fortress was the fourth highest-grossing film of the year in Japan, and Kurosawa's most successful film up to that point. It was a significant influence on the 1977 American film Star Wars.[6]
- ^ a b c d Galbraith IV 2008, p. 151.
- ^ a b Galbraith IV 2008, p. 152.
- ^ Shiozawa 2005, p. 92.
- ^ Kinema Junpo 2012, p. 148.
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ccWhite2001was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Young, Bryan (2019-07-23). "'Star Wars' Owes A Great Debt To Akira Kurosawa's 'The Hidden Fortress'". SlashFilm.com. Retrieved 2022-09-13.