THE HIDDEN FORTRESS • 4K Restoration | Kurosawa In Focus

Join us for a seven-film series showcasing many of Japanese master Akira Kurosawa’s greatest films in breathtaking new 4K restorations! https://hipointetheatre.org/film-series/kurosawa-in-focus/

Akira Kurosawa, 1958
A grand-scale adventure as only Akira Kurosawa could make one, The Hidden Fortress stars the inimitable Toshiro Mifune as a general charged with guarding his defeated clan’s princess (a fierce Misa Uehara) 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 rip-roaring ride is among the director’s most beloved films and was a primary influence on George Lucas’s Star Wars. The Hidden Fortress delivers Kurosawa’s trademark deft blend of wry humor, breathtaking action, and compassionate humanity.

“One of the greatest action-adventure films ever made.” – David Ehrenstein, Criterion

“Deserves recognition as a definitive cultural expression of Japan’s master filmmaker.” – Armond White

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