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The Bigger Picture film club ? ?The Hidden Fortress? (1958) at East Dulwich Tavern on 17 March 2016


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The Bigger Picture film club will be showing ?The Hidden Fortress? (1958) at 8pm on Thursday, 17 March 2016, Upstairs at East Dulwich Tavern.


Winner of the Best Director Award 1959 Berlin Film Festival and regarded as one of Kurosawa?s finest films, The Hidden Fortress has been acknowledged as the inspiration for Star Wars.


Set in 16th century Japan, The Hidden Fortress effortlessly intertwines action, drama, and comedy in the story of a defeated general, Rokurota (Mifune), who is charged with guarding a feisty princess (Misa Uehara) during the Japanese clan wars across enemy territory. Faced with having to do this alone, Rokurota enlists the help of two oafish peasants, Tahei (Chiaki) and Matakishi (Fujiwara). Greedy and conniving, but far too spineless to stand up to Mifune's battle-hardened soldier, the peasants are spurred on only by their love of the gold. Intercutting the drama with comedy and action set-pieces, Kurosawa finds time to reflect on the different motives that drive the members of this disparate group; avarice, honour, and duty.


Director: Akira Kurosawa, writer: Akira Kurosawa, with Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, with Toshiro Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Misa Uehara, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takashi Shimura, Susumu Fujita


Japan 138 minutes. Cert PG. All tickets ?7.


Bar opens from 7pm. Film at 8pm.


Tickets ?7 from WeGotTickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/351050

The Bigger Picture website: http://www.thebiggerpic.co.uk/

The Bigger Picture Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/thebiggerpic?ref=tn_tnmn


Location:

Upstairs at East Dulwich Tavern

1 Lordship Lane

London SE22 8EW


Rail: East Dulwich;

Buses: P13, 37, 185, 176, 40, 484

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