Kurosawa and Mifune's best movie about perserverence and greed
The combination of director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune were responsible for some of the greatest films Japan ever produced. Roshomon, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Sanjuro to name a few are world famous. However what I consider their best collaboration is actually The Hidden Fortress released in 1958. It’s the story of a defeated princess, her top general and two poor and peasant soldiers attempting to escape. It mixes comedy, with the samurai spirit, and human nature in a fantastic combination.<br /><br />The movie begins with two peasant soldiers Tahei (Minoru Chiaki) and Matashichi (Kamatari Fujiwara) trying to get home after being defeated in battle. However they are trapped in enemy territory held by the Yamana clan. The two eventually stumble upon General Rokurota Makabe (Toshiro Mifune) and Princess Yuki (Misa Uehara) of the defeated Akuzuki clan. General Makabe reveals to Tahei and Matashichi that they have gold and rely upon the two’s greed to get them to carry it for them to the neighboring Hayakawa territory where they can find refuge. The opening sets up all the themes of the movie. You have the Akuzuki who while defeated are not beaten because they still have their pride and determination. It was the common peasants like Tahei and Matashichi who fought these wars for the upper class samurai and got nothing out of it, and usually lost their lives. It’s not that they were inherently greedy, but simply being at the bottom in a society where there was little to no social mobility made them jump at the chance to get gold.<br /><br />The story was great as with most of Kurosawa’s work. Mifune played his part magnificently as the cunning general attempting to save his clan. Uehara was very young when she shot the movie but had a fierce presence about her whenever she was on screen. Chiaki and Fujiwara could really be called the main characters as the movie starts with them. They showed the lot of the lower classes, but also provided some laughs as well.<br /><br />The movie had a huge influence on George Lucas. He took the idea of a princess escaping her enemies to be the basis of his Stars Wars: A New Hope, and Tahei and Matashichi were transformed into R2D2 and C3PO.<br /><br />To me The Hidden Fortress has the perfect combination of story, acting, directing and comedy that makes it Kurosawa’s best effort even though it’s usually eclipsed by his other classics.<br />C
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