Sword for Hire (1952)
Sword for Hire (1952)
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Rentaro Mikuni
Tachibana Jurata

Toshirō Mifune
Sasa Hayatenosuke

Danshirō Ichikawa
Kagami Yakeiji

Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Oryo

Takashi Shimura

Shinobu Asaji
Kano

Yoshio Kosugi

Sugisaku Aoyama
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Details.
Release DateMay 22, 1952
Original Name戦国無頼
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 15m
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This Movie Is About.
jidai geki
sengoku period
Wiki.
Sword for Hire (戦国無頼, Sengoku burai) (lit. 'Vagabonds in a Country at War') is a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. The film is based on a serialized novel by Yasushi Inoue published in the Sunday Mainichi.
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