The Hidden Fortress
1958 · 139 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 43,723 VOTES · DIR. Akira Kurosawa
Overview
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
Dialogue Timeline — 756 lines
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00:00:16 TOHO COMPANY, LTD. Presents
00:04:49 Fool! Go away!
00:14:40 What shall we do now?
00:19:26 I found both!
00:23:51 How about you?
00:29:39 What is he doing?
00:33:05 Hey. Stop fooling around. You're no general, you're just a bully.
00:39:06 Show them to me once more and I'll bash them in.
00:44:32 Then where is Princess Yuki?
00:49:07 Now is our chance to escape.
00:53:27 But hearing their plan to go through Yamana to Hayakawa
00:56:11 I'm not biting.
00:59:40 Leave the gold in the wood.
01:07:44 Then the enemy spotted them. Fine allies.
01:12:21 He found this.
01:16:58 It's a long way. Let's not push it.
01:20:43 But my load...
01:26:10 Why, if it isn't Rokurota Makabe!
01:36:49 Then give up the gold and get lost.
01:44:26 Throw it into the fire
01:55:35 Boss!
02:02:04 Tell me what happened. We're on opposite sides
02:04:50 The life of an insect
02:14:48 Arrest them!
Cast & Characters
Toshirô Mifune
General Rokurota Makabe
Misa Uehara
Princess Yuki
Minoru Chiaki
Tahei
Kamatari Fujiwara
Matashichi
Susumu Fujita
General Hyoe Tadokoro
Takashi Shimura
The Old General, Izumi Nagakura
Eiko Miyoshi
Old Lady-in-Waiting
Toshiko Higuchi
Farmer's Daughter bought from slave trader
Yû Fujiki
Barrier guard
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Samurai on horse
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed756
Dialogue density5.4 lines / min
First line00:00:16
Final line02:14:48
Production Record
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
LanguageJapanese
Revenue$57,673
IMDb votes43,723