Sword for Hire (1952)

  • NR
  • 05/22/1952 (JP)
  • Drama, Action, Adventure
  • 2h 15m

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.

Hiroshi Inagaki

Director, Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

Yasushi Inoue

Novel

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni's headshot

Rentaro Mikuni

Tachibana Jurata
Toshirō Mifune's headshot

Toshirō Mifune

Sasa Hayatenosuke
Danshirō Ichikawa's headshot

Danshirō Ichikawa

Kagami Yakeiji
Yoshiko Yamaguchi's headshot

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Oryo
Takashi Shimura's headshot

Takashi Shimura

Shinobu Asaji's headshot

Shinobu Asaji

Kano
Yoshio Kosugi's headshot

Yoshio Kosugi

Sugisaku Aoyama's headshot

Sugisaku Aoyama

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