The Hidden Fortress
8.0
“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.
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Cast
41 people
Toshirō Mifune
General Rokurota Makabe
Known for
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Minoru Chiaki
Tahei
Known for
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Kamatari Fujiwara
Matashichi
Known for
Seven Samurai
The Bad Sleep Well
Misa Uehara
Princess Yuki
Also in
Desperado Outpost
The Three Treasures
Susumu Fujita
General Hyoe Tadokoro
Known for
Sanshiro Sugata
Yojimbo
Takashi Shimura
General Izumi Nagakura
Known for
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
Ikio Sawamura
Gambler (uncredited)
Known for
Yojimbo
All Monsters Attack
Kōji Mitsui
Guard (uncredited)
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
A Story of Floating Weeds
Takeo Oikawa
Guard (uncredited)
Known for
Godzilla
Yū Fujiki
Guard (uncredited)
Known for
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Throne of Blood
Yutaka Sada
Guard (uncredited)
Known for
High and Low
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Haruo Suzuki
Horseman (uncredited)
Known for
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Lake of Dracula
Akira Kurosawa Director · Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay Hideo Oguni Screenplay
Worldwide gross $58K · First release December 28, 1958 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$57,673
Production
TOHO
Production
Japan
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Original title
隠し砦の三悪人
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
France · December 28, 1958
Theatrical
Japan · December 28, 1958
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
October 26, 2024 · Limited theatrical · Re-Release
Brazil
December 25, 1960 · Theatrical · IMDB
Czechia
November 30, 2008 · TV · ČT2
Denmark
January 18, 1960 · Theatrical
France
March 8, 2017 · Physical
Italy
February 9, 1960 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 16, 2004 · Physical · DVD
Spain
April 5, 1984 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 1, 2002 · Physical · Re-release
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