The Hidden Fortress, directed by Akira Kurosawa, is renowned for its profound influence on George Lucas’s Star Wars. Paul Hoppe, widely recognized as ZenMadman, joins me to explore how this classic film’s narrative of peasants and samurai in feudal Japan resonated with and helped shape the Star Wars universe.
Discover more about Paul Christopher Hoppe, the ZenMadman, an eclectic writer, teacher, and lifelong student of poker, chess, language, and more:
