The Hidden Fortress (Essential Art House) (1958) On DVD

Actor:           Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Susumu Fujita                                                                                                                    
Director:      Akira Kurosawa
Genre:          Foreign
Year:             1958
Studio:          Criterion
Length:         126
Released:    June 16, 2009
Rating:          Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:         DVD
Misc:              NTSC, Black & White
Language:    Japanese
Subtitles  :    English

DESCRIPTION:

Widely remembered as the film that inspired George Lucas’s Star Wars, The Hidden Fortress is one of Akira Kurosawa’s most popular works, a thrillingly choreographed and cleverly written tale of chivalry and greed in medieval Japan, featuring Toshiro Mifune as a weary general in charge of protecting a princess (Misa Uehara).