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The Hidden Fortress
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #248
- IMDb #377
- Rotten Tomatoes #178
- Metacritic #170
- Letterboxd #312
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #337
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #370
- Metacritic Critics #229
- Metacritic Audience #294
- Criticker #198
- Kinopoisk #575
- AlloCiné #512
- Trakt #543
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96.
See the most agreed on films →A proud general is tasked with protecting a defeated princess and her clan's treasure. Their journey through enemy territory is aided by two bickering, greedy peasants who are unaware of their true identities. The general must use his wits and the peasants' foolishness to smuggle the princess to safety, navigating countless obstacles in this adventure that blends action, comedy, and human folly.
Details
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Studio
- TOHO
- Released
- 28 December 1958
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Box office
- $57.7K
- Awards
- 2 wins, 0 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 2 →2 wins from 2 nominations across 1 ceremony
| 9th Berlin International Film Festival 1959 | Best Director | Winner | |
| 9th Berlin International Film Festival 1959 | FIPRESCI Prize at Berlinale | Winner |
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2 awards — The Hidden Fortress
×| Best Director | Winner | |
| FIPRESCI Prize at Berlinale | Winner |