Sword for Hire

Sword for Hire

1952
2h 15m
6.7

6.7/10

9 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Action Adventure
Overview

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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Production Information

Production Companies
TOHO
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

jidaigeki sengoku period

Quick Facts

Original Title 戦国無頼
Release Date May 22, 1952
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0045137

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Rentaro Mikuni

Tachibana Jurata

Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune

Sasa Hayatenosuke

Danshirō Ichikawa
Danshirō Ichikawa

Kagami Yakeiji

Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Oryo

Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura

Shinobu Asaji
Shinobu Asaji

Kano

Yoshio Kosugi
Yoshio Kosugi

Sugisaku Aoyama
Sugisaku Aoyama

Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno

Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ryōsuke Kagawa

Kokuten Kōdō
Kokuten Kōdō

Kichijirō Ueda
Kichijirō Ueda

Key Crew

Hiroshi Inagaki
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Hiroshi Inagaki
Screenplay
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer