Sword for Hire

Sword for Hire (1952)


  • Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure
  • Release Date: 1952-05-22
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 8 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 15min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: TOHO
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
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Summary

Soldiers Hayate and Yaheiji secretly escape from their besieged castle. Hayate has left behind his lover, Kano. On his way, Hayate is wounded and cared for by O’Ryo, who falls in love with him. But when Hayate accidentally kills her caretaker, he flees, with O’Ryo in pursuit. Subsequently, Hayate's comrade Yaheiji falls in love with Oryo. Kano, the lover left behind by Hayate, believes him dead, and becomes involved with another soldier, Jurota. When Jurota defects to the opposing army, he takes Kano with him. A double set of love triangles has developed, wherein each man and each woman loves one and is loved by another. Finally only combat and self-sacrifice can untangle the weave.

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  • Rentaro Mikuni

    as Tachibana Jurata
  • Toshirō Mifune

    as Sasa Hayatenosuke
  • Danshirō Ichikawa

    as Kagami Yakeiji
  • Yoshiko Yamaguchi

    as Oryo
  • Takashi Shimura

    as
  • Shinobu Asaji

    as Kano
  • Yoshio Kosugi

    as
  • Sugisaku Aoyama

    as
  • Eijirō Tōno

    as
  • Ryōsuke Kagawa

    as
  • Kokuten Kōdō

    as
  • Kichijirō Ueda

    as
  • Eiko Miyoshi

    as
  • Haruo Nakajima

    as
Directing Hiroshi Inagaki Director
Writing Yasushi Inoue Novel
Writing Hiroshi Inagaki Screenplay
Writing Akira Kurosawa Screenplay
Sound Ikuma Dan Music
Crew Tadashi Iimura Cinematography
Production Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer
Art Takeo Kita Production Design

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