Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958)

Movie: Kakushi-toride no san-akunin

• Director: Akira Kurosawa


• Stars: Akira Tani, Eiko Miyoshi, Haruo Nakajima, Haruo Suzuki, Haruya Sakamoto, Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Ichirô Chiba, Ikio Sawamura, Kôji Mitsui, Kamatari Fujiwara, Kichijirô Ueda, Kokuten Kôdô, Makoto Satô, Minoru Chiaki, Minoru Itô, Misa Uehara, Rinsaku Ogata, Ryû Kuze, Sachio Sakai, Senkichi Ômura, Shôichi Hirose, Shin Ôtomo, Susumu Fujita, Tadao Nakamaru, Takashi Shimura, Takeshi Katô, Takuzô Kumagai, Toranosuke Ogawa, Toshirô Mifune, Yû Fujiki, Yoshifumi Tajima, Yoshio Kosugi, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Yutaka Sada


• Release Date: December 28, 1958


• Run Time: 139 mins


• Genre: Action, Comedy, Adventure

The story follows two greedy peasants in feudal Japan, Tahei and Matashichi, who are returning home from a failed attempt to profit from a war between neighboring clans. En Route they encounter the remnants of the defeated tribe that consists, most notably, of a famous General and a Princess who are hiding out in a fortress in the mountains. General Rokurota Makabe and Princess Yuki need to escape into allied territory with their large supply of gold so that they can rebuild their shattered clan. To do this the Peasants are tricked into helping them, with the promise that they will receive a large share of the gold when the destination is reached. Along the way, the General’s prowess is put to the test as he must guide the 4, and later 5 with the inclusion of a freed slave, through close encounters with the pursuing enemy, and out of difficult situations the bumbling peasants manage to get them into.

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