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During a civil war in medieval Japan a deposed princess hides within a secret fortress guarded by a brave general, and waits for a chance to escape with her clan's fortune to safety in a neighboring province.
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Widely remembered as the film that inspired George Lucas's Star Wars, The Hidden Fortress is one of Akira Kurosawa's most popular works, a thrillingly choreographed and cleverly written tale of chivalry and greed in medieval Japan, featuring Mifune as a weary general in charge of protecting a princess (Uehara). In Japanese with English subtitles. The Criterion Collection.
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