The Hidden Fortress Criterion Collection

The Hidden Fortress

IMDB LINK- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051808



This is an NTSC .iso with scans of the cover, insert and disc.



Akira Kurosawa Film in Japanese with english subtitles.



Lured by gold, two greedy peasants escort a man and woman across enemy lines. However, they do not realize that their companions are actually a princess and her general.



In an interview for the Criterion collection DVD, George Lucas stated that while this film is a story about a princess and her protectors that this was not the primary element that he employed in Star Wars. He stated that he was more concerned with the way that Hidden Fortress is told through the eyes of two lesser characters. In Hidden Fortress it is the two thieves; in Star Wars it is C3PO and R2D2. In both films the comical interplay between the two characters is a major theme.