Known as the Japanese adventure movie that inspired "Star Wars," Akira Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress" is so much more than its legacy.

Akira Kurosawa's movies have influenced many Hollywood films, from Spike Lee's recent Highest 2 Lowest to the classic ...

If you enjoy “The Hidden Fortress,” be advised that Lucas’ favorite Kurosawa films, “Seven Samurai” and “Yojimbo,” are also available on DVD from Criterion.

GEORGE LUCAS has never denied that he drew on Akira Kurosawa’s “The Hidden Fortress” when he wrote the screenplay for “Star Wars.” Just not in the way you might think. In an interview ...

TOKYO -- Japanese film studio Toho is remaking Akira Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress," famous for having large chunks of its story used by George Lucas in the original "Star Wars.

Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress is a true folk epic. It has a cast of thousands, plenty of fighting, a mute princess, Misa Uehara, a fire ritual and a noble hero (Toshiro Mifune). In fact, it ...

Akira Kurosawa remakes are hard to come by, good ones even rarer, but after Highest 2 Lowest's huge success, check out these ...

Akira Kurosawa's 1958 action comedy "The Hidden Fortress" ("Kakushi toride no san-akunin") -- said to be the inspiration for "Star Wars" -- will be remade in Japan, producer and distrib Toho has ...

The Hidden Fortress DVDKeanu Reeves’ big-budget hack-and-slash movie 47 Ronin is about to hit DVD and Blu-ray. Adapted from a Japanese national legend, the film is a CGI-fantasy battering ram ...

This 1958 comic adventure film from Akira Kurosawa is widely credited as a big influence on “Star Wars:” A legendary general (Toshiro Mifune) has to escort a princess safely through enemy turf ...

The Hidden Fortress isn’t the first film one would pick to open a festival paying tribute to the legendary Akira Kurosawa. But given how the film inspired the first Star Wars film and is one of ...