Sword for Hire
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: Japanese
📆 Date Released: 1952-05-22
⌚ Running Time: 135 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.0

Beloved Cast

Rentaro Mikuni original image
Tachibana Jurata
Rentaro Mikuni
Toshirō Mifune original image
Sasa Hayatenosuke
Toshirō Mifune
Danshirō Ichikawa original image
Kagami Yakeiji
Danshirō Ichikawa
Yoshiko Yamaguchi original image
Oryo
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Takashi Shimura original image
Takashi Shimura
Shinobu Asaji original image
Kano
Shinobu Asaji
Yoshio Kosugi original image
Yoshio Kosugi
Sugisaku Aoyama original image
Sugisaku Aoyama
Eijirō Tōno original image
Eijirō Tōno
Ryōsuke Kagawa original image
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Kokuten Kōdō original image
Kokuten Kōdō
Kichijirō Ueda original image
Kichijirō Ueda
Eiko Miyoshi original image
Eiko Miyoshi
Haruo Nakajima original image
Haruo Nakajima

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