[An] exciting adventure epic.
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05/22/05
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:22
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 19 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: During a civil war in 16th-century feudal Japan, two cowardly farmers (Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara) stumble upon Makabe (Toshirô Mifune), a fierce army general. Escaping from hostile... [More]
Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Reviews for The Hidden Fortress
I enjoyed The Hidden Fortress as I do all of Kurosawa's movies...for those wonderful, keenly felt moments of life in harmonious balance with the world surrounding it
08/26/06
George Lucas gives this Kurosawa classic its props as one of his inspirations for Star Wars.
03/10/03
By introducing comedy into the mixture and telling the tale from an atypical perspective, Kurosawa has differentiated The Hidden Fortress from nearly every similar feudal era Japanese epic ever committed to the screen. This is a masterpiece.
03/27/03
Top Critica masterpiece of composition, atmosphere, and subtext.
04/06/09
Essentially a superficial film and that Kurosawa, for all his talent, is as prone to pot-boiling as anyone else.
05/09/05
Top CriticWhy don't we have a Kurosawa altar at which to worship? After all, this is one temple I'd actually attend.
11/14/05
Full of chases, near captures, sword fights, and epic battles, as well as plenty of humor, both of the slapstick and wordplay varieties.
06/10/01
Kurosawa reminds us that he really is the best Samurai movie director ever ... There are many laugh out loud moments, and the film also bears some of Kurosawa's finest action sequences.
06/20/03
...memorable scenes and a touch of samurai honor code and philosophy to ponder
02/17/02
The Hidden Fortress effortlessly intertwines action, drama, and comedy.
01/26/02
Highly entertaining comical samurai film.
06/22/09
It's a top-notch work with a lot more humour than most Kurosawa films.
08/01/01
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