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The Hidden Fortress (Original screenplay for the 1958 film)
by Akira Kurosawa (director); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring); Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, (screenwriters)
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About This Item
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 tidemark 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 tidemark on top page and wrapper edges, else about Near Fine in Near Fine wrappers.
BFI 867. Criterion Collection 116.
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- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc.
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 160926
- 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)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Toho Company
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Film Scripts | 1950s Cinema | Western | Japanese Cinema | Directors
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film Scripts; Western; Directors; 1950s Cinema;
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We are an open shop located in the midtown section of Baltimore. Check our website for directions if you are coming through the Baltimore area. We are open 10AM-6PM EST, Monday through Friday. You may email an order at any time, 24 hours a day.
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- Recto
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- Verso
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- Leaves
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- Wrappers
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- Fine
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