The Hidden Fortress
movie

What you make of another's kindness is up to you.
Released December 28, 1958
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.
Cast

Toshirō Mifune
as
General Rokurota Makabe

Minoru Chiaki
as
Tahei

Kamatari Fujiwara
as
Matashichi

Misa Uehara
as
Princess Yuki

Susumu Fujita
as
General Hyoe Tadokoro

Takashi Shimura
as
General Izumi Nagakura

Ikio Sawamura
as
Gambler (uncredited)

Kōji Mitsui
as
Guard (uncredited)
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Takeo Oikawa
as
Guard (uncredited)

Yū Fujiki
as
Guard (uncredited)

Yutaka Sada
as
Guard (uncredited)

Haruo Suzuki
as
Horseman (uncredited)
Crew

Yoshirō Muraki
as
Production Design
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Sanezumi Fujimoto
as
Producer

Akira Kurosawa
as
Editor

Akira Kurosawa
as
Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa
as
Producer

Masaru Satō
as
Original Music Composer

Akira Kurosawa
as
Director

Eiji Tsuburaya
as
Visual Effects
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Kazuo Yamasaki
as
Director of Photography
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Ichirō Inohara
as
Gaffer
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Masahiro Katō
as
Costume Designer

Shinobu Hashimoto
as
Screenplay