Claim: Different film producers worked with Akira Kurosawa for his films including The Hidden Fortress that was co-produced by the head of Toho Studios, Sanezumi Fujimoto.
Evidence: Sanshiro Sugata (Japanese: 姿三四郎, Hepburn: Sugata Sanshirō, a.k.a. Judo Saga) is a 1943 Japanese action drama film and the directorial debut of the Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa. Keiji Matsuzaki The Most Beautiful (一番美しく, Ichiban utsukushiku) is a 1944 Japanese drama and propaganda film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. Motohiko Ito
Jin Usami Toho He served as the head of production for Toho Studios. He was co-producer of Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress. Scandal (醜聞 (スキャンダル), Sukyandaru, a.k.a. Shūbun) is a 1950 film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. Takashi Koide