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Release Date:
May 10, 2008
Original Title:
隠し砦の三悪人
Alternate Titles:
Die letzte Prinzessin der Samurai
Hidden Fortress - Die verborgene Festung
Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess
Kakushi toride no san akunin
隠し砦の三悪人 THE LAST PRINCESS
Genres:
Action | Drama | History
Production Companies:
Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company
J Storm
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Shogakukan
TOHO
Yomiuri Shimbun Company
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
dentsu
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16
Runtime: 118
After the Akizuku clan fall in defeat to rival clan Yamana, Princess Yuki (Nagasawa Masami) and general Rokurota (Hiroshi Abe), take cover in a hidden fortress, along with their clan and gold treasury. Fortuitously stumbling into the hideaways, brash young miner Takezo (Matsumoto Jun) and his bumbling sidekick Shinhachi (Miyagawa Daiuske) hatch a daring plan to help transport the gold out of enemy terrain - in exchange for a share of the stash, of course. With assassins hot in pursuit, Yuki disguises as a male and ventures into the real world with Rukurota and her peasant companions, getting her first taste of danger, toil, and budding romance with the strong-minded and willful Takezo.
Art Direction:
Tsuyoshi Shimizu
Assistant Director:
Kimiyoshi Adachi
Director:
Shinji Higuchi
Director of Photography:
Shôji Ehara
Editor:
Soichi Ueno
Gaffer:
Sosuke Yoshikado
Music Producer:
Kyoko Kitahara
Original Music Composer:
Naoki Sato
Original Story:
Akira Kurosawa
Shinobu Hashimoto
Ryūzō Kikushima
Hideo Oguni
Producer:
Minami Ichikawa
Morio Amagi
Akihiro Yamauchi
Second Unit Director:
Katsuro Onoue
Sound:
Jun Nakamura
Special Effects Supervisor:
Katsuro Onoue
VFX Supervisor:
Atsuki Sato
Visual Effects Producer:
Tetsuo Ôya
Writer:
Kazuki Nakashima
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