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The Hidden Fortress - Criterion Collection

starring: ToshirĂ´ Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takashi Shimura
directed by: Akira Kurosawa

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 9780780021952
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780021959
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 22, 2001
Running Time: 139 minutes
Sales Rank: 17128
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: October 06, 1960



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Description:
A general and a princess must dodge enemy clans while smuggling the royal treasure out of hostile territory with two bumbling, conniving peasants at their sides; it's a spirited adventure that only Akira Kurosawa could create. Acknowledged as a primary influence on George Lucas' Star Wars, The Hidden Fortress delivers Kurosawa's inimitably deft blend of wry humor, breathtaking action and humanist compassion on an epic scale. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this landmark motion picture in a stunning, newly-restored Tohoscope edition.

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In one of the many classic collaborations between director Akira Kurosawa and his leading man ToshirĂ´ Mifune, this 1958 film tells the story of a warrior and a princess trying against all odds to return to their homeland with their fortune. Along the way, they are simultaneously assisted and thwarted by two itinerant and not too bright farmers with their own designs on the treasure, giving the story a subtle comic bent. The Hidden Fortress combines an epic tale of struggle and honor with modern comic sensibilities, creating a masterful addition to world cinema. --Robert Lane



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great movie
The princess with the Spock eyebrows and the martial arts Samurai
with the peasants as comedy ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Good
Those film viewers who equate foreign films with pretense need to sit down for a couple of hours and ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - 4 ½ + Stars: Akira Kurosawa's Next JIDAI GEKI Masterpiece...
The HIDDEN FORTRESS (1958, aka. Kakushi toride no san akunin) is Akira Kurosawa's first widescreen-shot ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - They Can't All Be Seven Samurai
Though it is a step below Kurosawa's bonafide masterpieces, The Hidden Fortress is a clever and exciting ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The Hidden Fortress - Criterion Collection by ToshirĂ´ Mifune, Misa Uehara
"The Hidden Fortress" is interesting primarily because it gave George Lucas ideas for "Star Wars". which ... Read More

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