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DramaActionAdventure

The Hidden Fortress

- What you make of another's kindness is up to you.

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.

Release Date : 1958-12-28

Language :Japanese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : TOHO

Production Country : Japan

Alternative Titles : Three Bad Men in a Hidden FortressThree Rascals in the Hidden Fortress

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Character Name : General Rokurota Makabe

Original Name : 三船敏郎

Gender : Male

Minoru Chiaki

Character Name : Tahei

Original Name : 千秋実

Gender : Male

Kamatari Fujiwara

Character Name : Matashichi

Original Name : 藤原釜足

Gender : Male

Misa Uehara

Character Name : Princess Yuki

Original Name : 上原美佐

Gender : Female

Susumu Fujita

Character Name : General Hyoe Tadokoro

Original Name : 藤田進

Gender : Male

Takashi Shimura

Character Name : General Izumi Nagakura

Original Name : 志村喬

Gender : Male

Ikio Sawamura

Character Name : Gambler (uncredited)

Original Name : 沢村いき雄

Gender : Male

Kōji Mitsui

Character Name : Guard (uncredited)

Original Name : 三井弘次

Gender : Male

Takeo Oikawa

Character Name : Guard (uncredited)

Original Name : 笈川武夫

Gender : Male

Yū Fujiki

Character Name : Guard (uncredited)

Original Name : 藤木悠

Gender : Male

Yutaka Sada

Character Name : Guard (uncredited)

Original Name : 佐田豊

Gender : Male

Haruo Suzuki

Character Name : Horseman (uncredited)

Original Name : 鈴木治夫

Gender : Male

Haruya Sakamoto

Character Name : Horseman (uncredited)

Original Name : 坂本晴哉

Gender : Male

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

Character Name : Horseman (uncredited)

Original Name : Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

Gender : Male

Minoru Itō

Character Name : Horseman (uncredited)

Original Name : 伊藤実

Gender : Male

Shigekatsu Kanazawa

Character Name : Horseman (uncredited)

Original Name : Shigekatsu Kanazawa

Gender : Male

Shin Ōtomo

Character Name : Horseman (uncredited)

Original Name : 大友伸

Gender : Male

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Character Name : Horseman (uncredited)

Original Name : 土屋嘉男

Gender : Male

Eiko Miyoshi

Character Name : Maid (uncredited)

Original Name : 三好栄子

Gender : Female

Toranosuke Ogawa

Character Name : Magistrate (uncredited)

Original Name : 小川虎之助

Gender : Male

Kokuten Kōdō

Character Name : Old Man (uncredited)

Original Name : 高堂国典

Gender : Male

Etsurō Saijō

Character Name : Samurai (uncredited)

Original Name : Etsurō Saijō

Gender : Male

Fuminori Ōhashi

Character Name : Samurai (uncredited)

Original Name : 大橋史典

Gender : Male

Masayoshi Nagashima

Character Name : Samurai (uncredited)

Original Name : Masayoshi Nagashima

Gender : Male

Takeshi Katō

Character Name : Samurai (uncredited)

Original Name : 加藤武

Gender : Male

Toshiko Higuchi

Character Name : Slave Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : 樋口年子

Gender : Female

Kichijirō Ueda

Character Name : Slave Trader (uncredited)

Original Name : 上田吉二郎

Gender : Male

Nakajirō Tomita

Character Name : Slave Buyer (uncredited)

Original Name : 富田仲次郎

Gender : Male

Yoshifumi Tajima

Character Name : Slave Buyer (uncredited)

Original Name : 田島義文

Gender : Male

Akira Tani

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : 谷晃

Gender : Male

Haruo Nakajima

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : 中島春雄

Gender : Male

Ichirō Chiba

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : 千葉一郎

Gender : Male

Makoto Satō

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : 佐藤允

Gender : Male

Ryū Kuze

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : 久世竜

Gender : Male

Sachio Sakai

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : 堺左千夫

Gender : Male

Senkichi Ōmura

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : 大村千吉

Gender : Male

Shōichi Hirose

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : 広瀬正一

Gender : Male

Takuzō Kumagai

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : 熊谷卓三

Gender : Male

Yoshio Kosugi

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : 小杉義男

Gender : Male

Rinsaku Ogata

Character Name : Young Man (uncredited)

Original Name : 緒方燐作

Gender : Male

Tadao Nakamaru

Character Name : Young Man (uncredited)

Original Name : 中丸忠雄

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-01-24

Now though top billing and much of the screen time is afforded to Kurosawa regular Toshirô Mifune ("Gen. Makabe") this film really belongs to the two opportunistic farmers "Matakichi" (Kamatari Fujiwara) and "Tahei" (Minori Chiaki). These two chancers learn of a fortune in gold hidden away after their land is invaded by their neighbours. Off they set to discover it, and along the way stumble upon the general in his mountain-top eerie. Now it's not really a fortress, more a big shack at the top of a hill, but they soon discover it hides something way more valuable than gold. The Princess "Yuki" (Misa Uehara) who is wanted by her enemies even more than the treasure. Their bumbling ineptitude and curiosity married with their greed and of course - acute sense of self preservation - leads them to join with the fleeing couple and for all four to try and smuggle the princess and the loot to the safety of an adjacent kingdom where safety awaits. What ensues now is a series of entertaining and perilous adventures that allow each character to take centre stage. Mifune is very much in his element as the loyal, chivalrous - and pretty lethal - general; the Princess is no shrinking violet either and along the way we are entertained to an engaging assessment of the venality, mendacity and couragousness of war - it brings out the best and the worst in everyone. There is an almost Laurel and Hardy feeling to the end of this perfectly paced adventure film, which certainly raises a smile and I thoroughly enjoyed this.