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The Hidden Fortress influenced Kubo and the Two Strings
Added by Media Influence Map · 5 October 2026
The influence
The Hidden Fortress
Film · 1958
The work it shaped
Kubo and the Two Strings
Animation · 2016
The evidence
Travis Knight calls Kurosawa the towering influence on Kubo and the Two Strings and named The Hidden Fortress in particular: a quest across a hostile country by a ragtag band built around an unlikely young hero.
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