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Auction History Result 1h0644 HIDDEN FORTRESS Japanese 16x20 1957 Kurosawa & Mifune, inspired Star Wars, incredibly rare! Date Sold 12/26/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Japanese Movie Poster (measures 15 3/4" x 20 1/4" [40 x 51 cm]) (Learn More) Kakushi Toride no San Akunin (released in the U.S. in 1960 as "Hidden Fortress"), the classic 1958 Akira Kurosawa Japanese samurai warrior adventure thriller (George Lucas "borrowed" the plot of the film to make "Star Wars"), starring Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Susumu Fujita, and Takashi Shimura. Note that this well regarded Akira Kurosawa Japanese movie surprisingly only received a limited first release in the U.S., and movie paper from that U.S. release is incredibly rare, for unknown reasons. It also apparently had a limited first release in all other English-speaking countries, again for unknown reasons. In 1984, perhaps because it had been the inspiration for "Star Wars" in 1977, an uncut version of the movie was released in the U.S., with the tagline "U.S. Premiere Uncut Version". This restored version was the full 139-minute original version (previously releases had between 15 minutes and 40 minutes cut). Everyone agrees the uncut version is a masterpiece! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster (which is a "country of origin" poster for this Japanese movie) is extremely rare. We have only auctioned it once in all of years of auctioning and that was 17 years ago when it auctioned for $493! Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: very good. The poster was folded across the middle and there are tiny tears and tiny bits of paper loss scattered in that fold. There was darkening and staining on back of the center of the poster but it does not show through to the front. There is faint staining on back of the bottom of the poster that slightly shows through to the front in the blank area. Someone performed slight restoration to that folds without backing the poster. This wonderful and extremely rare poster could certainly be displayed exactly as it is or one might chose to have it linenbacked. Learn More about condition grades 
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