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Makatari Fujiwara, Minoru Chiaki, Misa Uehara, Susumu Fujita, Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune
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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A fantastic film!!! Another classic from the master of cinema, Kurosawa paved the way for so many film makers. It really annoyed me watching the introduction by Lucas. He makes out that this is an OK film, his forth favourite Kurosawa film. Pah! if it weren't for this film, or sh...( read more)
General Rokurota Makabe: Hide a stone among stones and a man among men.
An adventure film involving a rag tag team, sword fights, princesses on the run, gold, and epic widescreen frames. Its another good film from Kurosawa, although I was not as taken by it as some of his other ...( read more)
A 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 ...( read more)
Mifune is gold, all the characters are great!
An inspiration for Star Wars.
Hide a stone among stones and a man among men.-General Rokurota Makabe
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A wonderful action comedy, presaging a genre that was only perfected decades later. The Criterion DVD has commentary by George Lucas discussing the film's influence on "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back."
Yeah, yeah right. I've seen Star Wars. It's time to see the original one now folks...! Time to see another samurai masterpiece of Kurosawa, that is.
96/100
Matashichi & Tahei characters were funny. Toshiro acts brilliantly to carry the film. :)
