Sword for Hire
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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
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Rentaro Mikuni
Tachibana Jurata
Known for
Kwaidan
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Toshirō Mifune
Sasa Hayatenosuke
Known for
Seven Samurai
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Danshirō Ichikawa
Kagami Yakeiji
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Yoshiko Yamaguchi
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Takashi Shimura
Known for
Seven Samurai
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Shinobu Asaji
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Known for
An Autumn Afternoon
Yoshio Kosugi
Known for
Seven Samurai
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Sugisaku Aoyama
Known for
Ugetsu
Sanshiro Sugata
Eijirō Tōno
Known for
Seven Samurai
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Ryōsuke Kagawa
Known for
Ugetsu
Sansho the Bailiff
Kokuten Kōdō
Known for
Seven Samurai
Throne of Blood
Kichijirō Ueda
Known for
Rashomon
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Hiroshi Inagaki Director · Akira Kurosawa Screenplay Yasushi Inoue Author
First release May 22, 1952 · Produced in Japan · Original title 戦国無頼
Production
TOHO
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Japan
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Original title
戦国無頼
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 22, 1952
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No release date listed for United States.
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