Toshiro Mifune
General Rokurota Makabe
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Mar 18, 2014 · The plot of The Hidden Fortress essentially revolves around Rokurota’s ability to manipulate the peasants’ basic greed, conning them into the task of escorting the princess and transporting her gold. As in all the best road movies, the characters are transformed by the journey.
Mar 16, 2023. Jun 28, 2022. Japanese peasants Matashichi (Kamatari Fujiwara) and Tahei (Minoru Chiaki) try and fail to make a profit from a tribal war. They find a man and woman whom they believe...
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The Hidden Fortress. 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.
Summaries. Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines. The story follows two greedy peasants in feudal Japan, Tahei and Matashichi, who are returning home from a failed attempt to profit from a war between neighboring clans.
Apr 4, 2014 · The Hidden Fortress (Kakushi Toride no Sanakunin, 1958) marks an important point in director Akira Kurosawa's career, and it represents a noteworthy twist on established Japanese storytelling traditions, but after a major re-release in 1984, the film has become mostly known in America as an influence on George Lucas's Star Wars (1977).
Written by CinemaSerf on January 24, 2023. 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.
May 21, 2001 · The Hidden Fortress holds a place in cinema history comparable to John Ford’s Stagecoach: It lays out the plot and characters of an on-the-road epic of self-discovery and heroic action. In a now-familiar fashion, Rokurota and Princess Yuki fight their way to allied territory, accompanied by a scheming, greedy comic duo who get surprised by ...
