The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress

隠し砦の三悪人
Kakushi Toride No San Akunin
Three Villains of the Hidden Fortress
Director | Akira Kurosawa |
Producer |
Sanezumi Fujimoto Akira Kurosawa |
Screenplay |
Ryuzo Kikushima Hideo Oguni Shinobu Hashimoto Akira Kurosawa |
Photography | Ichio Yamazaki |
Art | Yoshiro Muraki |
Sound |
Fumio Yanoguchi Hisashi Shimonaga |
Lighting | Ichiro Inohara |
Music | Masaru Sato |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | December 28, 1958 |
Runtime | 139 minutes |
![]() 隠し砦の三悪人 Kakushi Toride No San Akunin Three Villains of the Hidden Fortress |
Director | Akira Kurosawa |
Producer |
Sanezumi Fujimoto Akira Kurosawa |
Screenplay |
Ryuzo Kikushima Hideo Oguni Shinobu Hashimoto Akira Kurosawa |
Photography | Ichio Yamazaki |
Art | Yoshiro Muraki |
Sound |
Fumio Yanoguchi Hisashi Shimonaga |
Lighting | Ichiro Inohara |
Music | Masaru Sato |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | December 28, 1958 |
Runtime | 139 minutes |
Two peasants, Taichi and Matashichi, are caught up in the war between the Akizuki and Yamana clans. Akizuki was soundly defeated by Yamana, it’s castle left in ruins. The peasants narrowly escape slavery under Yamana, and flee into the mountains. There they discover a stash of gold concealed in wooden logs. They also meet Rokurota, a bullish samurai, who claims that the gold is part of Akizuki’s reserve fortune. The peasants, eager to make off with a share of the gold, suggest that they transport it through Yamana and circle around to the neighboring province of Hayakawa. Rokurota is pleased with their plan and recruits them to help transport the gold. Rokurota is in fact the legendary former general of Akizuki. He is also safeguarding Princess Yuki, the last surviving member of the Akizuki royal family. The princess and the gold are vital to rebuilding the Akizuki clan after it was decimated by Yamana, and they must be safely delivered to Hayakawa.
Yuki, disguised and posing as a mute, joins Rokurota and the two peasants on their journey. They safely enter Yamana, but the Yamana soon learn of their incursion. Rokurota, while defending the party from enemy soldiers, encounters his old friend Tadokoro, now a general with Yamana. They duel, and Rokurota defeats Tadokoro, but refuses to slay him afterwards. They escape and partake in the Yamana peasants’ fire festival. To avoid suspicion, Rokurota pushes the cart of wood containing the gold into the fire, much to the chagrin of Taichi and Matashichi. Yuki, meanwhile, revels in the song and dance of the common folk. In the early morning hours, they return to the festival site to retrieve the gold, but are closely pursued by the Yamana army.
The next night, the party is surrounded by Yamana. Taichi and Matashichi manage to escape but Rokurota and Yuki are captured. Tadokoro returns to identify the captives, revealing that he was sorely beaten by his superior for losing to Rokurota in their earlier duel. Tadokoro bears a grudge against Rokurota for the shame he caused him. Yuki, meanwhile, remains composed and dignified, singing the peasants’ song she learned at the fire festival. In the morning, Tadokoro has a change of heart and allows Rokurota and Yuki to escape, and joins them as they flee into Hayakawa. The horses carrying the gold are freed as well, and are soon found by Taichi and Matashichi, who are in turn apprehended by Hayakawa soldiers. Now safe in Hayakawa, Yuki reveals herself as a princess to the two peasants and offers them a small reward for their troubles, which they agree to share.
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Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically
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Top Billed Cast

Rokurota Makabe

Taihei

Matashichi

Hyoe Tadokoro

Izumi Nagakura

Princess Yuki

Old Akizuki Woman

Peasant Daughter

Yamana Border Guard

Hayakawa Cavalry

Priest in Crowd

Fleeing Soldier

Yamana Slave Driver

Yamana Checkpoint Chief

Slave Dealer

Yamana Border Guard

Man at Fire Festival

Yamana Peasant

Akizuki Soldier

Kidnapped Yamana Soldier

Man at Fire Festival

Akizuki Soldier

Kidnapped Yamana Soldier

Yamana Checkpoint Guard

Yamana Soldier

Akizuki Guard

Yamana Soldier

Yamana Prisoner Guard

Yamana Samurai Horse Buyer

Yamana Messenger

Yamana Cavalry

Yamana Cavalry

Yamana River Guard

Akizuki Soldier

Akizuki Guard

Yamana Cavalry
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Yamana Soldier

Yamana Peasant

Yamana Soldier

Yamana Peasant

Yamana Prisoner Guard

Yamana Peasant

Yamana Peasant

Yamana Soldier

Yamana Samurai
製作 Producer |
藤本真澄 Sanezumi Fujimoto |
黒澤明 Akira Kurosawa |
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脚本 Screenplay |
菊島隆三 Ryuzo Kikushima |
小国英雄 Hideo Oguni |
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橋本忍 Shinobu Hashimoto |
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黒澤明 Akira Kurosawa |
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撮影 Photography |
山崎市雄 Ichio Yamazaki |
美術 Art |
村木与四郎 Yoshiro Muraki |
録音 Sound |
矢野口文雄 Fumio Yanoguchi |
下永尚 Hisashi Shimonaga |
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照明 Lighting |
猪原一郎 Ichiro Inohara |
音楽 Music |
佐藤勝 Masaru Sato |
美術監修 Art Supervision |
江崎孝坪 Kohei Ezaki |
監督助手 Assistant Director |
野長瀬三摩地 Samaji Nonagase |
特殊技術 Developing |
東宝技術部 Toho Laboratory |
製作担当者 Production Manager |
根津博 Hiroshi Nezu |
出演者 Performers |
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三船敏郎 Toshiro Mifune |
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千秋実 Minoru Chiaki |
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藤原釜足 Kamatari Fujiwara |
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藤田進 Susumu Fujita |
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志村喬 Takashi Shimura |
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上原美佐 Misa Uehara |
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三好栄子 Eiko Miyoshi |
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樋口年子 Toshiko Higuchi |
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藤木悠 Yu Fujiki |
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土屋嘉男 Yoshio Tsuchiya |
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高堂国典 Kuninori Kodo |
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加藤武 Takeshi Kato |
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三井弘次 (松竹) Koji Mitsui (Shochiku) |
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小川虎之助 Toranosuke Ogawa |
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上田吉二郎 Kichijiro Ueda |
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富田仲次郎 Nakajiro Tomita |
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田島義文 Yoshibumi Tajima |
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沢村いき雄 Ikio Sawamura |
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大村千吉 Senkichi Omura |
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堺左千夫 Sachio Sakai |
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佐藤允 Makoto Sato |
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小杉義男 Yoshio Kosugi |
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谷晃 Akira Tani |
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佐田豊 Yutaka Sada |
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笈川武夫 Takeo Oikawa |
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中丸忠雄 Tadao Nakamaru |
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熊谷二良 Jiro Kumagai |
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広瀬正一 Shoichi Hirose |
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西条悦朗 Etsuo Saijo |
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長島正芳 Masayoshi Nagashima |
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大橋史典 Fuminori Ohashi |
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大友伸 Shin Otomo |
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伊藤実 Minoru Ito |
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鈴木治夫 Haruo Suzuki |
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金澤重勝 Shigekatsu Kanazawa |
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日方一夫 Kazuo Hinata |
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中島春雄 Haruo Nakajima |
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久世竜 Ryu Kuze |
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千葉一郎 Ichiro Chiba |
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砂川繁視 Shigemi Sunakawa |
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緒方燐作 Rinsaku Ogata |
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山口博義 Hiroshi Yamaguchi |
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坂本晴哉 Haruya Sakamoto |
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香取神道流 Katori Shinto Style |
杉野嘉男 Yoshio Sugino |
大日本弓馬会武田流 Dainippon Yuma Kai Association Takeda Style |
金子家教 Kakyo Kaneko |
遠藤茂 Shigeru Endo |
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振付 Choreography |
県洋二 Yoji Ken |
日劇ダンシングチーム Japan Theater Dancing Team |
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東宝芸能学校 Toho Entertainment School |
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監督 Director |
黒澤明 Akira Kurosawa |