Blu-ray
The hidden fortress = Kakushi-toride no san-akunin
Call Number
- BLU-RAY FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
In Japanese, with English subtitles.
Performers
Toshiro Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Susumu Fujita, Misa Uehara, Takashi Shimura, Eiko Miyoshi.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (139 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : illustrations ; 16 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
A general is charged with guarding his defeated clan's princess as the two smuggle royal treasure across hostile territory. Accompanying them are a pair of bumbling, conniving peasants who may or may not be their friends. This film was a primary influence on George Lucas's Star Wars.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.
Special features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; alternate 3.0 surround soundtrack preserving the original Perspecta simulated stereo effects, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio ; new audio commentary by film historian Stephen Prince, author of The warrior's camera: the cinema of Akira Kurosawa ; documentary from 2003 on the making of the film, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: it is wonderful to create ; interview from 2001 with filmmaker George Lucas about Kurosawa ; trailer ; new English subtitle translation.