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A general and a princess must dodge enemy clans while smuggling the royal treasure out of hostile territory with two bumbling, conniving peasants at their sides; it's a spirited adventure that only Ak...( read more 
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MCT:August 18, 2008
Akira Kurosawa is a lot like Pixar. He can't do mediocre. He can only make great movies. This time he takes on ...... (drum roll).... the adventure comedy? Yep. That's the best way to describe this one. Adventure comedy. In the vein of Romancing the Stone. That said, 2 hours and 15 minutes is a little long for an adventure comedy and while it certainly isn't Kurosawa's best, it's still a lot better than most films.
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MCT:July 30, 2008This is a really fun adventure movie, and the influence it had on Star Wars helps its credibility as well. The impact of the social,political, and cultural class elements will be lost on some Western viewers, but that's no big deal. The film is still well-made, enjoyable, and funny.
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MCT:July 11, 2008
Awesome. It's all been said before when it comes to Kurosawa... just shut up and read between the lines. Get some popcorn and some amphetamine.
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MCT:July 3, 2008
Très belle histoire, bien racontée. Les personnages sont attachants. Le montage et la direction photo sont excellents. Du très bon Kurosawa.
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MCT:June 19, 2008I think that George Lucas once said that the point of view of this movie was his inspiration for the narration of Star Wars, through the droids (slaves).
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MCT:June 9, 2008A pair of bickering escaped slaves stumble upon the mountain hideout of a defeated general and his princess who are being hunted by the occupying army. They decide to join forces (with the added incentive of a horde of royal gold) to reach friendly territory. Widely acknowledged as the inspiration for Star Wars, it has also influenced a huge number of other stories including TV show Monkey, Hero and everything in between. The imagery is as gorgeous as you'd expect from Kurosawa, the characters brilliantly written and the performances all perfect, from Toshiro Mifune's commanding general, to the striking Misa Uehara as the noble but fiery princess. The two greedy and bad tempered slaves provide the comic relief, and it has everything you could possibly want from an adventure; laughs, action, excitement and heroism. Yet another masterpiece from a true genius.
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MCT:May 4, 2008
this is such a well made movie! i watched the interview the george lucas on it afterward and he said it influenced him in the making of star wars.
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MCT:March 30, 2008
Amazing film about the nature of human beings and their flaws. It does not try to be a justification on pride, honour or even humility but diaplays the wide array of human flaws around and its consequences but yet its naturality. I found this to be delightful, very different and not as an epic I thought it would be.
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MCT:February 10, 2008
I have to admit the only reason why I saw this movie was because of the Star Wars connection. It's a great movie on its own.
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MCT:February 3, 2008
Enjoyable little film from the master, that still touches subjects about the human nature that are very common in Kurosawa's work. In this case most notabbly is greed, and how it can drive people to even risk their lives as long as there is a promise of some goods.
Excellent performance, as usual, by Mifune, and also a very good one by Misa Uehara as princess Yuki, who also happens to be quite attractive in a very odd tomboyish way.
And fuck you George Lucas, stop leeching attention from this. You're like fucking Tarantino. -
MCT:January 16, 2008
Probably the slightest of Kurosawa's Samurai movies, it's still a sentimental favorite with me; it's just plain FUN.
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MCT:January 12, 2008
The director of this movie was, in a way, George Lucas' mentor. He based Star Wars' plot of of this movie. Even though it's all in japanese, I think anyone who has watched Star Wars can connect the two movies...
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MCT:January 4, 2008
It was a great film for its day, and is still interesting today. Lots of traditional Japanese lessons to be learned in this film. The authority and responsibility of royalty, the value of loyalty to that royal when they are in the right and have good judgement and values. It also examines the role of the advisor and wise counciler in Japanese society, in the days of the samuri that can trancend time and applies today. The peasents are portrayed as dim witted and self serving, but able to learn a lesson from the upper class (samuri and royalty). In the end the peasents are shown to be good people, but it takes a while for the moral courage of the samuri to get through to them.
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MCT:December 16, 2007
Of course when I read that this was George Lucas's biggest inspiration for Star Wars I was naturally curious and although I can't say this is one of Akira Kurosawa's best this is perhaps his most light hearted film and wonderful in it's own way as a crowd pleasing comic adventure.
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MCT:December 13, 2007
Saw this movie again, and it's hilarious! I love how the characters of the Princess, the General (Toshiro Mifune :) and the two 'farmers' are magnified by their bodylanguage and facial expressions. This is definitely still one of my favorites.
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MCT:November 20, 2007
Another Kurosawa classic. "Star Wars" fans should pay some close attention since this was one of the basics for Lucas' film.
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MCT:October 24, 2007
Awesome. So many people steal from Akira Kurasawa. The most noteable is this movie and George Lucas' Star Wars.
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MCT:August 22, 2007
Another great Kurosawa film! I don't really know what else to say, other than it exemplifies Kurosawa's genius.
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MCT:August 16, 2007
The classic escapist adventure film that inspired Lucas to make Star Wars. Wonderful characters with splendid visuals.
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MCT:July 12, 2007
A comic epic, "Hidden Fortress" focuses not on the high drama of the aristocrats' escape, but on the slapstick antics of the faint-hearted peasants as they whinge and moan their way through the countryside. Greedy and conniving, but far too spineless to stand up to Mifune's battle-hardened soldier, the peasants are spurred on only by their love of the gold.
Confirming his status as one of the world's finest film makers, this new 35mm print of Kurosawa's "Hidden Fortress" is not to be missed - it's both cracking entertainment and a wonderful piece of cinema. -
MCT:July 5, 2007
I liked this movie not just the plot and the action, but the characters had to have wit and knowledge of things.
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MCT:June 26, 2007
The movie that sort of inspired Star Wars. Not a comedy but some of the comic relief is a bit too thick at times...still a classic.
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MCT:June 19, 2007
If you don't love this movie then I don't know what the hell is worng with you... damned fine story, visually stunning thanks to the man himself. (...was...)
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MCT:June 5, 2007
The basis of the "Star Wars" saga, Kurosawa gives a fast-paced and action-packed train ride with Toshiro Mifune.
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