CRITERION COLLECTION: THE HIDDEN FORTRESS [BLU-RAY + DVD]

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• Release Year: 1958
• Genre: Adventure, Drama
• Plot: A grand-scale adventure as only Akira Kurosawa could make one, The Hidden Fortress stars the inimitable Toshiro Mifune as a general charged with guarding his defeated clan's princess (a fierce Misa Uehara) as the two smuggle royal treasure across hostile territory. Accompanying them are a pair of bumbling, conniving peasants who may or may not be their friends. This rip-roaring ride is among the director's most beloved films and was a primary influence on George Lucas's Star Wars. The Hidden Fortress delivers Kurosawa's trademark deft blend of wry humor, breathtaking action, and compassionate humanity.;
• Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Susumu Fujita, Takashi Shimura, Misa Uehara, Eiko Miyoshi, Toshiko Higuchi, Yû Fujiki, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kokuten Kôdô, Takeshi Katô, Kôji Mitsui, Toranosuke Ogawa, Kichijirô Ueda, Nakajirô Tomita, Yoshifumi Tajima, Ikio Sawamura, Senkichi Ômura, Sachio Sakai, Makoto Satô, Yoshio Kosugi, Akira Tani, Yutaka Sada, Takeo Oikawa, Tadao Nakamaru, Takuzô Kumagai, Shôichi Hirose, Etsurô Saijô, Masayoshi Nagashima, Fuminori Ôhashi, Shin Ôtomo, Minoru Itô, Haruo Suzuki, Shigekatsu Kanazawa, Haruo Nakajima, Ryû Kuze, Ichirô Chiba, Rinsaku Ogata, Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Haruya Sakamoto, Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Sanezumi Fujimoto, Kazuo Yamasaki, Masaru Satô, Fumio Yanoguchi, Yoshirô Muraki
• Director: Akira Kurosawa
• Runtime: 2:19
• Company: Toho Company Limited, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie