Hidden Fortress (wht a great movie)
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I've been wanting to see that one for a while. Hmmm... I wonder if they have this at my library? They've got all kinds of films there... Thanks for the idea, Samurai
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If people are to remember this title next time they go to the video store, they need some info.
I have never seen nor heard of this movie, but here's a plot overview:
Sniveling failures at soldiery, peasants Tahei (Minoru Chiaki) and Matakishi (Kmatari Fujiwara) try to stumble back home, constantly blaming one another for their ill fortune. Captured by The victorious Yamana clan, and forced with hundreds of other slave laborers to search a pit for missing pieces of gold, they escape when the mine is attacked, only to later find some of the missing gold hidden in sticks in a mountain spring. That's when they meet the formidable General Rokurota Makabe (Toshiro Mifune), a resourceful warrior who's in a tight spot: stuck behind Yamana lines, Makabe has to find a way to smuggle both the gold, and the Princess Yukuhime (Misa Uehara) back into their own kingdom of Hayakawa. Much to their chagrin, the lowly Tahei and Matakishi find themselves aiding in a bold adventure.
One special reason you may really like The Hidden Fortress: with many Japanese Samurai films, a lot of time is expended in the pageantry of formal life among the nobility ... since the fugitive nobles in this film start with little but the clothes on their backs, they grow in our estimation by virtue of their actions, and not their pretty robes or armor. By the end of this delightful adventure, their formal postures and elaborate costumes seem earned. And the lowly peasant duo are given a comic farewell that even allows them some measure of respect!
I have never seen nor heard of this movie, but here's a plot overview:
Sniveling failures at soldiery, peasants Tahei (Minoru Chiaki) and Matakishi (Kmatari Fujiwara) try to stumble back home, constantly blaming one another for their ill fortune. Captured by The victorious Yamana clan, and forced with hundreds of other slave laborers to search a pit for missing pieces of gold, they escape when the mine is attacked, only to later find some of the missing gold hidden in sticks in a mountain spring. That's when they meet the formidable General Rokurota Makabe (Toshiro Mifune), a resourceful warrior who's in a tight spot: stuck behind Yamana lines, Makabe has to find a way to smuggle both the gold, and the Princess Yukuhime (Misa Uehara) back into their own kingdom of Hayakawa. Much to their chagrin, the lowly Tahei and Matakishi find themselves aiding in a bold adventure.
One special reason you may really like The Hidden Fortress: with many Japanese Samurai films, a lot of time is expended in the pageantry of formal life among the nobility ... since the fugitive nobles in this film start with little but the clothes on their backs, they grow in our estimation by virtue of their actions, and not their pretty robes or armor. By the end of this delightful adventure, their formal postures and elaborate costumes seem earned. And the lowly peasant duo are given a comic farewell that even allows them some measure of respect!
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