Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin: The Last Princess

Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin: The Last Princess (Japanese: 隠し砦の三悪人 THE LAST PRINCESS (ザ ラスト プリンセス), literally "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.

Staff

• Director: Shinji Higuchi
• Screenplay: Kazuki Nakashima
• Original Screenplay: Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa
• Music: Naoki Satō
• Production: Toho, Cine-Bazaar
• Distribution: Toho

Cast

• Takezo: Jun Matsumoto
• Princess Yuki: Masami Nagasawa
• Makabe Rokurota: Hiroshi Abe
• Takayama: Kippei Shiina
• Shinpachi: Daisuke Miyagawa
• Masahiro Kōmoto
• Masahiro Takashima
• Jun Kunimura
• Kreva
• Manami Kurose
• Katsuhisa Namase
• Arata Furuta
• Takaya Kamikawa

External links

• Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess at the Internet Movie Database