Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin: The Last Princess

Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin: The Last Princess
Directed by Shinji Higuchi
Produced by Minami Ichikawa
Morio Amagi
Written by Kazuki Nakashima
Original Story
Shinobu Hashimoto
Ryuzo Kikushima
Akira Kurosawa
Hideo Oguni
Starring Jun Matsumoto
Masami Nagasawa
Hiroshi Abe
Daisuke Miyagawa
Kippei Shiina
Music by Naoki Satō
Cinematography Shōji Ebara
Edited by Sōichi Ueno
Distributed by Toho Company Ltd.
Release dates
  • May 10, 2008
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin: The Last Princess (隠し砦の三悪人 THE LAST PRINCESS Kakushi Toride no San Akunin Za Rasuto Purinsesu, lit. The Three Villains of the Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess) is a Japanese film directed by Shinji Higuchi released May 10, 2008. It is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress.

Plot

Makabe Rokurota (Hiroshi Abe), a loyal retainer of Princess Yuki (Masami Nagasawa), has been commissioned to transport Yuki and Akizuki's ample treasury of gold bars safely to the politically stable Hayakawa. They disguise themselves as humble firewood peddlers, hiding the gold bars inside the logs they are carrying so as to pass safely through roadblocks set up by Yamana, which is under the control of Takayama Gyobu (Kippei Shiina), whose attire bears a striking resemblance to that of Darth Vader. Along the way, Rokurota comes across Takezo (Jun Matsumoto) and Shimpachi (Daisuke Miyagawa), who have escaped from forced labor in a gold mine. Takezo and Shimpachi first frown on joining the journey, but eventually agree to help out in the hope of escaping Yamana's oppression and cashing in on the gold reward Rokurota offers them.

About

Principal photography began on November 1, 2007, and location filming has taken place in areas such as Mount Aso, Kumamoto Castle, Ibaraki Prefecture, and Shizuoka Prefecture.

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