The Hidden FortressRenowned for its influence on George Lucas' Star Wars series, Kurosawa's epic adventure stars Toshirô Mifune as a general, who, with the help of his two comic sidekicks (think C3P0 and R2D2), smuggles a cache of gold and a princess (Misa Uehara) through enemy territory.
An extraordinary palimpsest of Eastern and Western influences, Kurosawa's film stands as "one of the greatest action-adventure films ever made" and amongst "the finest achievements of its creator" (Armond White).
