28 Dec 1958
The Hidden Fortress
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.
The Kiyosu Conference
After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become Japan's first group made political decision. The meeting was known as the Kiyosu Kaigi.
Top Billed Cast
小日向文世 Nagahide Niwa
役所広司 Katsuie Shibata
大泉洋 Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Kjóka Suzuki Oichi
佐藤浩市 Tsuneoki Ikeda
篠井英介 Nobunaga Oda
伊勢谷友介 Nobukane Oda
中谷美紀 Hideyoshi Toyotomi's wife
中村勘九郎 Nobutada Oda
剛力彩芽 Matsuhime
妻夫木聡 Nobukatsu Oda
二代目 坂東巳之助 Oda Nobutaka
Miu Tsushima Sanboshi
西田敏行 Rokubei Sarashina
天海祐希 Edage
浅野忠信 Toshiie Maeda
寺島進 Yoshitaka Kuroda
阿南健治 Kazumasu Takigawa
緒方義博 Geni Maeda
松山ケンイチ Hidemasa Hori
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