The Last Princess
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- Movie: The Last Princess / Hidden Forest: The Last Princess
- Romaji: Kakushi toride no san akunin - The last princess
- Japanese: 隠し砦の三悪人
- Director: Shinji Higuchi
- Writer: Kazuki Nakashima
- Producer: Morio Amagi, Minami Ichikawa
- Cinematography: Shoji Ebara
- Release Date: May 10, 2008
- Runtime: 118 min.
- Studio: Toho, NTV, Shogakukan Productions
- Distributor: Toho
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Makabe Rokurota (Hiroshi Abe), a loyal retainer of Princess Yuki-hime (Masami Nagasawa), has been commissioned to transport Yuki-hime and Akizuki's ample treasury of gold bars safely to the politically stable Hayakawa. They disguise themselves as humble firewood peddlers, hiding the gold bars inside the logs they are carrying so as to pass safely through roadblocks set up by Yamana, which is under the control of Takayama Gyobu (Kippei Shiina), whose attire bears a striking resemblance to that of Darth Vader.
Along the way, Rokurota comes across Takezo (Jun Matsumoto) and Shimpachi (Daisuke Miyagawa), who have escaped from forced labor in a gold mine. Takezo and Shimpachi first frown on joining the journey, but eventually agree to help out in the hope of escaping Yamana's oppression and cashing in on the gold reward Rokurota offers them.
Notes
The Last Princess is a remake of the Akira Kurosawa’s 1958 film "The Hidden Fortress" ("Kakushi Toride no San Akunin").
Cast
- Jun Matsumoto - Takezo
- Masami Nagasawa - Yukihime
- Kippei Shiina - Gyobu
- Daisuke Miyagawa - Shinpachi
- Arata Furuta
- Takaya Kamikawa
- Masahiro Komoto
- Kreva
- Jun Kunimura
- Manami Kurose
- Katsuhisa Namase
- Masahiro Takashima
- Pierre Taki
- Hiroshi Abe - Rokurota
- Sarutoki Minagawa
- Ryuji Yano
- Kazushige Komatsu
- Kohei Watanabe
- Makoto Awane
Trailer
Film Festivals
- 2008 (41st) Sitges Film Festival - October 2nd-10th
yenny あめ Says:
Dec 11 2009 11:48 am
Jun's the best <3 two movies and a drama in one year ~
Simple Jake Says:
Oct 31 2009 11:51 am
I like Masami here. And I like the story too!
from thailand fan Says:
May 11 2009 9:23 am
I very very like masami.
Matsujun Daisuki Says:
Mar 14 2009 5:28 pm
But im really luking forward to the movie X3 MatsuJun is playing such a different character! It will definitely be interesting to watch <3
Matsujun Daisuki Says:
Mar 14 2009 5:24 pm
I don't like the pairing! Masami luks kinda old and MatsuJun had a babyish cute face...so i dont think they luk good together! Jun luks best with Inoue Mao! Maojun 4ever <333
Yuki Says:
Oct 25 2008 5:44 am
Looking forward to this...ne? Matsujun x Masami...whoa kawaii..(but i still prefer maotsujun!)