The Hidden Fortress

“What you make of another's kindness is up to you.”

In feudal Japan, a war between clans has left two peasants, Tahei (Minoru Chiaki) and Matashichi (Kamatari Fujiwara), stranded and broke after their army's defeat. They agree to escort a man and a woman across enemy lines for gold, not knowing he is General Rokurota Makabe (Toshirō Mifune) and she is Princess Yuki (Misa Uehara). Akira Kurosawa lets the two bickering peasants stay close to the general and his princess, whose secret none of them can say aloud.