The Hidden Fortress

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Akira Kurosawa

Writing Credits

Ryûzô Kikushima
(written by) &
Hideo Oguni
(written by) &
Shinobu Hashimoto
(written by) &
Akira Kurosawa
(written by)

Cast

Toshirô Mifune
General Rokurota Makabe
Minoru Chiaki
Tahei
Kamatari Fujiwara
Matashichi
Susumu Fujita
General Hyoe Tadokoro
Takashi Shimura
The Old General, Izumi Nagakura
Misa Uehara
Princess Yuki
Eiko Miyoshi
Old Lady-in-Waiting
Toshiko Higuchi
Farmer's Daughter bought from slave trader
Yû Fujiki
Barrier guard
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Samurai on horse
Kokuten Kôdô
Old man in front of sign
Takeshi Katô
Fleeing, bloody samurai
Kôji Mitsui
Guard
Toranosuke Ogawa
Magistrate of the bridge barrier
Kichijirô Ueda
Slave Trader
Nakajirô Tomita
Potential slave buyer
Yoshifumi Tajima
Potential slave buyer
Ikio Sawamura
Gambler
Senkichi Ômura
Soldier
Sachio Sakai
Captured foot soldier
Makoto Satô
Yamada foot soldier
Yoshio Kosugi
Akisuki soldier
Akira Tani
Captured foot soldier
Yutaka Sada
Guard at bridge barrier
Takeo Oikawa
Guard at pass barrier
Tadao Nakamaru
Young Man
Takuzô Kumagai
Yamana foot soldier
Shôichi Hirose
Yamana soldier
Etsuo Saijô
Yamana samurai
Masayoshi Nagashima
Yamana samurai
Fuminori Ôhashi
Samurai
Shin Ôtomo
Samurai on horseback
Minoru Itô
Samurai on horseback
Haruo Suzuki
Samurai on horseback
Shigekatsu Kanazawa
Samurai on horseback
Kazuo Hinata
Yamana foot soldier on the opposite shore
Haruo Nakajima
Akisuki soldier
Ryû Kuze
Akitsuki soldier
Ichirô Chiba
Yamana foot soldier
Shigemi Sunagawa
Yamana foot soldier
Rinsaku Ogata
Second Young Man
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Samurai on horseback
Haruya Sakamoto
Samurai on horseback

Produced by

Sanezumi Fujimoto
producer
Akira Kurosawa
producer

Music by

Masaru Satô

Cinematography by

Kazuo Yamazaki
(as Ichio Yamazeki)

Editing by

Akira Kurosawa

Production Design by

Yoshirô Muraki

Costume Design by

Masahiro Katô

Makeup Department

Yoshiko Matsumoto
hair stylist
Junjirô Yamada
hair stylist

Production Management

Hiroshi Nezu
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Yoshimitsu Banno
assistant director (as Yoshimitsu Sakano)
Yoichi Matsue
assistant director (as Yôichi Matsue)
Samaji Nonagase
chief assistant director
Ken Sano
assistant director
Yasuyoshi Tajitsu
assistant director
Masahiro Takase
assistant director

Art Department

Kôhei Ezaki
art supervisor
Kôichi Hamamura
property master
Shinko Kato
assistant art director

Sound Department

Ichirô Minawa
sound effects editor
Yoshiro Miyamoto
sound assistant
Hisashi Shimonaga
sound mixer
Fumio Yanoguchi
sound

Special Effects by

Eiji Tsuburaya
special effects (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Sei Arai
assistant lighting technician
Masao Fukuda
still photographer
Ichirô Inohara
lighting technician
Takao Saitô
assistant camera
Daisaku Kimura
assistant camera (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Chozo Kobata
negative cutter

Script and Continuity Department

Teruyo Nogami
script supervisor

Additional Crew

Shigeru Endo
horseback riding instructor
Takushi Inoue
production assistant (as Takuyuki Inoue)
Ienori Kaneko
horseback riding instructor
Yoji Ken
choreographer
Kôichi Noguchi
accountant
Yoshio Sugino
swordplay instructor
Yûichi Yoshitake
acting office
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