The Hidden Fortress with Toshiro Mifune: DVD Cover

    The Hidden Fortress
    a.k.a. Three Bad Men in the Hidden Fortress, Three Rascals in Hidden Forest, The Hidden Fortress Director: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Kamatari Fujiwara, Minoru Chiaki

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    • DVD Release Date: 05/22/2001
    • Original Release: 1958
    • Rating: Not Rated

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    Video interview with George Lucas about The Hidden Fortress; original theatrical trailer; new, enhanced subtitles

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. Lost [:09]
    2. Wanted [4:51]
    3. Capture & Escape [4:01]
    4. "find The Princess" [5:35]
    5. Followed [4:35]
    6. The General [1:40]
    7. "a Hidden Fortress?" [5:59]
    8. Rokurota Makabe [4:15]
    9. "it's A Girl" [5:17]
    10. Princess Yuki [4:34]
    11. Doubting A General [4:01]
    12. The Truth [2:27]
    13. Trusting Fools [4:29]
    14. Leaving The Fortress [5:10]
    15. Running Away [3:53]
    16. Botched Escape [4:04]
    17. Tricking The Guards [5:30]
    18. Blending In [4:22]
    19. A Woman's Worth [2:04]
    20. Princess Yuki's Command [3:52]
    21. Rokurota In Action [3:07]
    22. Duel [:53]
    23. In The Rain [2:00]
    24. Perfect Cover [8:10]
    25. Fire Festival [5:52]
    26. Fools' Gold [2:47]
    27. Pressing Onwards [5:02]
    28. Drawing Fire [4:02]
    29. The Price Of Friendship [2:18]
    30. A Change Of Heart [4:07]
    31. "lucky To Have Our Heads" [6:27]
    32. Arrested & Rewarded [5:16]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress (original Japanese title: Kakushi Toride No San Akunin) stars Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara as a pair of misfit soldiers. Running from the enemy after a disastrous defeat, the two soldiers fall in with general Toshiro Mifune, who is in search of a huge cache of gold. Mifune is also desirous of freeing princess-in-exile Misa Uehara from the clutches of the evil victorious army. Several large and small battles ensue before Mifune can realize his goal. If the plot of Hidden Fortress sounds vaguely familiar to you, try this exercise: substitute two robots for Chiaki and Fujiwara, Mark Hamill for Mifune, and Carrie Fisher for Uehara. George Lucas himself admitted that Hidden Fortress was a principal inspiration for his Star Wars saga; stretching the point farther, both Hidden Fortress and Star Wars had their roots in John Ford's The Searchers. Originally released in a 137-minute form, The Hidden Fortress was sliced to ribbons by its American distributors, and years later received extensive restoration. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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