The Hidden Fortress
Dec 28, 1958 | IMDB 8
139 min Watch NowDrama, Action, Adventure
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
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