Movie
1958
The Hidden Fortress is a 1958 Japanese epic jidaigeki adventure film directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It tells the story of two peasants who agree to escort a man and a woman across enemy lines in return for gold, without knowing that he is a general and she is a princess. The film stars Toshiro Mifune as General Makabe Rokurōta and Misa Uehara as Princess Yuki, while the…
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In 1980, Akira Kurosawa, a Japanese director and one of the giants of 20th Century cinema, had his career revived with *Kagemusha*, a jidai geki spectacle made possible, among other things, with the aid of George Lucas. The American filmmaker felt a strong sense of obligation towards his Japanese colleague, as his own *magnum opus*, the 1977 science fiction epic *Star Wars*, had been heavily inspired by Kurosawa's j…More
