Toho
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Criterion Collection)
Two bumbling, greedy peasants get mixed up with a defeated general and help him transport a princess and her gold back to her home territory. They avoid capture by enemy soldiers with the swordsmanship of the general, and a lot of luck, but it eventually runs out and they find themselves in prison awaiting execution. However, the arrival of another general, whose life was spared in an earlier lance duel, saves them. Lighthearted, entertaining Kurosawa is far from his best, but the lance duel is a standout sequence, as is the speech by the princess while awaiting her pending execution.
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