The Hidden Fortress (Original screenplay for the 1958 film)
- Tokyo: Toho Company, 1958
Tokyo: Toho Company, 1958. Draft script for the seminal 1958 film. Text and titles in Japanese.
Director Akira Kurosawa's first widescreen feature, hugely successful and named by film critic David Ehrenstein as "one of the greatest action-adventure films ever made." George Lucas has long since acknowledged "The Hidden Fortress" as a major influence on "Star Wars," and indeed the plot is essentially the same.
White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Approximately 77 leaves, with last page of text numbered e-24. Mimeograph duplication, printed on recto and verso. Light tide mark on top page and wrapper edges, else about Near Fine in Near Fine wrappers.
BFI 867. Criterion Collection 116.
Director Akira Kurosawa's first widescreen feature, hugely successful and named by film critic David Ehrenstein as "one of the greatest action-adventure films ever made." George Lucas has long since acknowledged "The Hidden Fortress" as a major influence on "Star Wars," and indeed the plot is essentially the same.
White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Approximately 77 leaves, with last page of text numbered e-24. Mimeograph duplication, printed on recto and verso. Light tide mark on top page and wrapper edges, else about Near Fine in Near Fine wrappers.
BFI 867. Criterion Collection 116.
Details
Title
The Hidden Fortress (Original screenplay for the 1958 film)
Author
Akira Kurosawa (director); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring); Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, (screenwriters)
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Toho Company: Tokyo
Date
1958