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THE HIDDEN FORTRESS
隠し砦の三悪人
Sunday, July 20
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Tuesday, July 22
3:30
Thursday, July 24
3:30
Sunday, July 27
8:20
Monday, July 28
3:30
Thursday, July 31
4:50
Japan, 1958
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Starring Toshirō Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara
Approx. 139 min. 4K DCP.
Two constantly bickering and bumbling farmers on the run from clan wars are dragooned by superman general Mifune into aiding his rescue of fugitive princess Misa Uehara and her family’s hidden gold. This richly comic fairy tale for adults is pure entertainment from the masters, acknowledged as the inspiration for STAR WARS — didn’t that plot synopsis sound familiar?
Reviews
“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
“In THE HIDDEN FORTRESS Kurosawa not only commemorated historical Japanese myths with new, vivid feeling but also created the source for many of the enduring entertainment tropes in world cinema today.”
– Armond White