The Hidden Fortress

Yoshinari Okamoto, 2002

Picked by 2 guests

Documentary

Directed by Yoshinari Okamoto

Written by Yoshinari Okamoto, Masayuki Yui

Cast Masayuki Yui, Akira Kurosawa, Teruyo Nogami, Misa Uehara, Takeshi Katō, Masahiro Takase, Yoshirō Muraki, Kôichi Hamamura

Picked by

Mark Rylance actor

“And I’m starting with a film I’ve seen called Hidden Fortress by Kurosawa, because I’m about to direct my first film. Yeah, believe it or not. And I keep thinking of the opening shot of this, and I want to really look at his framing of things.”

Mark Rylance

Floyd Norman actor

“The Hidden Fortress probably inspired another filmmaker, George Lucas, and Star Wars got a good deal of inspiration from this film, The Hidden Fortress by Kurosawa. Great motion picture.”

Floyd Norman