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The Hidden Fortress

Directed by Akira Kurosawa
1958 · Japan

Lucas took the two bickering peasants and turned them into R2-D2 and C-3PO: Kurosawa's first widescreen film tells an escape story from the point of view of its most useless characters.

★ 6.5