Steven Berkoff on The Hidden Fortress | BFI

Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. In a wide-ranging discussion the actor, writer and theatre director explains why he feels Akira Kurosawa’s epic was “one of the most exciting films I had ever seen”. Berkoff reflects on the talents of actor Toshiro Mifune and recalls his feelings from his first viewing of the film in the late 1950s. Steven Berkoff was speaking with journalist Ian Hadyn Smith at a screening of The Hidden Fortress courtesy of BFI Screen Epiphanies in partnership with American Express®. Watch more on the BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ Follow us on Twitter:   / bfi   Like us on Facebook:   / britishfilminstitute   Follow us on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+britishfilmi...