Director
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto
Cinematography
Ichio Yamazaki
Editing
Akira Kurosawa
Music
Masaru Satô
Sound
Fumio Yanoguchi
Producer
Sanezumi Fujimoto, Akira Kurosawa
Production
Toho Studios [JP]
Cast
Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Susumu Fujita, Misa Uehara, Takashi Shimura
Synopsis
A general is in charge of guarding his clan’s princess in a hostile territory, accompanied by two clumsy and greedy peasants. The latter don’t know the real identity of the people whom they are escorting. An adventure film set in the feudal era of Japan directed by the master Akira Kurosawa that influenced the George Lucas saga STAR WARS.
Format
DCP, B&W
World Sales-Distribution
TOHO - A Contracorriente
Filmography
Akira Kurosawa
JAPAN (1910-1998)
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
1985 RAN
1975 DERSU UZALA
1958 THE HIDDEN FORTRESS
1954 SEVEN SAMURAI
1950 RASHÔMON
JAPAN (1910-1998)
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
1985 RAN
1975 DERSU UZALA
1958 THE HIDDEN FORTRESS
1954 SEVEN SAMURAI
1950 RASHÔMON
Festivals
Berlin
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