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Hidden Fortress (The) AKA Kakushi toride no san akunin (1958)
A general and a princess must dodge enemy clans while smuggling the royal treasure out of hostile territory.Director: Akira Kurosawa
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:Akira Kurosawa biography/filmography (in English)
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Subtitles:Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), English
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Flipper disc.
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Extras:"George Lucas Discusses Akira Kurosawa and The Hidden Fortress" 2001 featurette (8:07)
Theatrical Trailer (3:45) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.30:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 3.0 Perspecta Sound
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Dolby Digital 3.0 soundtrack is preserving the original Perspecta Sound simulated stereo effects.
Includes an essay by Armond White (which has many errors in various film release years). -
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
DISC TWO (DVD)
*The Film
Audio commentary by film historian Stephen Prince, author of "The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa" (2014)
"Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Making of The Hidden Fortress" 2014 documentary (40:52)
"George Lucas Discusses Akira Kurosawa and The Hidden Fortress" 2001 featurette (8:08)
Theatrical Trailer (3:47) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.39:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 3.0 Perspecta Sound
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a 16-page booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Catherine Russell.
The 5.1 track is actually a 3.0 surround track, with the surrounds and the .1 channel silent.
The trailer and documentary are in Japanese with optional English subtitles, and the audio commentary and interview are in English without any subtitles.
Later reissued in a single disc DVD edition without the Blu-ray. -
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.39:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Part of the 25 film 25 disc "AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa" which includes "Sanshiro Sugata" (1943), "The Most Beautiful" (1944), "Sanshiro Sugata Part Two" (1945), "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail" (1945), "No Regrets for Our Youth" (1946), "One Wonderful Sunday" (1947), "Drunken Angel" (1948), "Stray Dog" (1949), "Scandal" (1950), "Rashomon" (1950), "The Idiot" (1951), "Ikiru" (1952), "Seven Samurai" (1954), "I Live in Fear" (1955), "Throne of Blood" (1957), "The Lower Depths" (1957), "The Hidden Fortress" (1958), "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960), "Yojimbo" (1961), "Sanjuro" (1962), "High and Low" (1963), "Red Beard" (1965), "Dodes’ka-den" (1970), "Kagemusha" (1980), "Madadayo" (1993).
Packaged in a deluxe linen-bound collector's set with an illustrated 96-page hardback book. -
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Extras:"Women of Kurosawa" documentary (~5:00)
Parts of BBC interview with Kurosawa in 1986 (~1:00)
Theatrical trailer
Bonus trailers:
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- Vengo
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Subtitles:French (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:3453277863347
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Notes:DVD Title: La Forteresse cachée
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Extras:Theatrical Trailer (3:55)
Weblink
Credits -
Subtitles:French (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese DTS 2.0 Mono
Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:DVD Title: La Forteresse cachée
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
Theatrical Trailer (3:55)
DISC TWO
"Kurosawa and Cinemascope" featurette (40:54)
"Kurosawa Jidai-Geki Style (1950-1958)" featurette (26:10)
"Kurosawa: Legs of Jidai-Geki" featurette (26:03)
Photo Gallery
Fimographies:
- Akira Kurosawa
- Toshiro Mifune
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Subtitles:French
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:DVD Title: La Forteresse cachée
All extras have French subtitles or are in French. -
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Extras:Slideshow (1:08)
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Subtitles:German (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:2.55:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Subtitles:Dutch (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Making of The Hidden Fortress" 2002 documentary (40:00)
Theatrical Trailer (3:30) -
Subtitles:Japanese
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 3.0 Perspecta Sound
Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Includes a slipcase with a liner notes booklet in Japanese.
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Extras:Production notes in English (2 text pages)
Homepage links for Sandrew Metronome -
Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish subtitles
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:NTSC > PAL transfer causing ghosting and interlacing.
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Extras:"George Lucas Discusses Akira Kurosawa and The Hidden Fortress" 2001 featurette (8:02)
Akira Kurosawa biography (Text)
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Subtitles:English (Burned-in)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also part of the Kurosawa Samurai Collection which includes "Seven Samurai", "Throne of Blood", "The Hidden Fortress", "Yojimbo", and "Sanjuro".
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Extras:"George Lucas Discusses Akira Kurosawa and The Hidden Fortress" 2001 featurette (8:04)
Original Theatrical Trailer (3:47)
Eastern Eye Trailers:
- Sanjuro (2:33)
- Kurosawa documentary (1:53)
- Yojimbo (0:28)
- Seven Samurai (3:56)
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:NTSC > PAL transfer causing ghosting and interlacing throughout the movie.
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OVERALL: Draw
The US Criterion reissue has an exclusive commentary and the French Collector's Edition release has exclusive featurettes.
For audio, The Japanese release has a 5.1 remix and the original 3.0 and mono tracks, while the French Wild Side single disc release has a DTS mono track.
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CUTS:
- R0 Hong Kong- Mei Ah - No Cuts
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No Cuts (138:35 NTSC)
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (138:49 NTSC)
- R1 AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (138:20 NTSC)
- R2 France- GCTHV / Arte - No cuts
- R2 France- Wild Side Video - No cuts (133:13 PAL).
- R2 Collector's Edition France- Wild Side Video - No cuts (133:13 PAL)
- R2 Germany- New KSM - No cuts (133:10 PAL)
- R2 Holland- Total Film - No cuts
- R2 Akira Kurosawa: The Masterworks Collection Japan- Toho - No cuts
- R2 Scandinavia- Sandrew Metronome - No cuts. (138:35 NTSC > PAL)
- R2 United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No Cuts (132:58 PAL)
- R4 Australia- Eastern Eye/The AV Channel - No cuts. (138:38 NTSC > PAL)
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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 14/02/02
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 22/03/20UPDATE LOG:
18/02/14 : Added Criterion reissue.
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17/12/18: Added France Wild Side single, Germany.
31/12/19: Updated France Wild Side single.
07/03/20: Added US AK 100.
22/03/20: Updated Japan.
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