Description
Akira Kurosawa’s thrilling mix of fairy story and samurai movie - a story of rival clans, hidden gold and a princess in distress - was famously a key inspiration for George Lucas’ Star Wars.
A story of rival clans, hidden gold and a princess in distress, The Hidden Fortress is a thrilling mix of fairy story and samurai action movie. It was Kurosawa’s first film shot in the widescreen process TohoScope, and he exploited this to the full in the film’s rich variety of landscape locations, including the slopes of Mount Fuji.
The Hidden Fortress became Kurosawa’s biggest box office hit to date and won several awards, including the Golden Bear at the 1959 Berlin Film Festival. Some 20 years on, the film’s influence would have even greater impact on the world when George Lucas borrowed elements of its plot for the first of his Star Wars series.
Product details
| SKU | 5035673015421 |
| Blu-Ray Region | B |
| Brand / Publisher | BFI |
| Catalogue Number | BFIB1542 |
| Certificate | PG |
| Colour | Black & White |
| Countries | Japan |
| Format | Blu-ray |
| Language(s) | Japanese |
| Running time | 139 mins |
| Subtitles | English |
| Year | 1958 |
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