The Hidden Fortress

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.

Discover

Toshirō Mifune

General Rokurota Makabe

Kamatari Fujiwara

Matashichi

Misa Uehara

Princess Yuki

Susumu Fujita

General Hyoe Tadokoro

Takashi Shimura

General Izumi Nagakura

Ikio Sawamura

Gambler (uncredited)

Kōji Mitsui

Guard (uncredited)

Takeo Oikawa

Guard (uncredited)

Yū Fujiki

Guard (uncredited)

Yutaka Sada

Guard (uncredited)

Haruo Suzuki

Horseman (uncredited)

Haruya Sakamoto

Horseman (uncredited)

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

Horseman (uncredited)

Minoru Itō

Horseman (uncredited)

Shigekatsu Kanazawa

Horseman (uncredited)

Shin Ōtomo

Horseman (uncredited)

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Horseman (uncredited)

Eiko Miyoshi

Maid (uncredited)

Toranosuke Ogawa

Magistrate (uncredited)

Kokuten Kōdō

Old Man (uncredited)

Etsurō Saijō

Samurai (uncredited)

Fuminori Ōhashi

Samurai (uncredited)

Masayoshi Nagashima

Samurai (uncredited)

Takeshi Katō

Samurai (uncredited)

Toshiko Higuchi

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Kichijirō Ueda

Slave Trader (uncredited)

Nakajirō Tomita

Slave Buyer (uncredited)

Yoshibumi Tajima

Slave Buyer (uncredited)

Akira Tani

Soldier (uncredited)

Haruo Nakajima

Soldier (uncredited)

Ichirō Chiba

Soldier (uncredited)

Makoto Satō

Soldier (uncredited)

Ryū Kuze

Soldier (uncredited)

Sachio Sakai

Soldier (uncredited)

Senkichi Ōmura

Soldier (uncredited)

Shōichi Hirose

Soldier (uncredited)

Takuzō Kumagai

Soldier (uncredited)

Yoshio Kosugi

Soldier (uncredited)

Rinsaku Ogata

Young Man (uncredited)

Tadao Nakamaru

Young Man (uncredited)

Art

Yoshirō Muraki

Production Design

Camera

Kazuo Yamasaki

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Masahiro Katō

Costume Designer

Yoshiko Matsumoto

Hairstylist

Junjirō Yamada

Hairstylist

Directing

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Yoshimitsu Banno

Assistant Director

Yōichi Matsue

Assistant Director

Masaji Nonagase

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Production

Akira Kurosawa

Producer

Sound

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer

Writing

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay

Ryūzō Kikushima

Screenplay

Shinobu Hashimoto

Screenplay