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The Hidden Fortress

film by Kurosawa [1958]
Also known as: “Kakushi-toride no san-akunin”
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    …Kurosawa’s Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958; The Hidden Fortress). Lucas’s film was immediately popular and eventually made more than $775 million worldwide. It was the first of Lucas’s films to be made with a generous budget, which he extended by shooting on soundstages in England, then far less expensive than Hollywood.…

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    …Kurosawa’s Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958; The Hidden Fortress). Lucas’s film was immediately popular and eventually made more than $775 million worldwide. It was the first of Lucas’s films to be made with a generous budget, which he extended by shooting on soundstages in England, then far less expensive than Hollywood.…

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