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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.

Date: 05/22/1952
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Toshirō Mifune, Danshirō Ichikawa, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Takashi Shimura, Shinobu Asaji, Yoshio Kosugi, Sugisaku Aoyama, Eijirō Tōno, Ryōsuke Kagawa, Kokuten Kōdō, Kichijirō Ueda, Eiko Miyoshi, Haruo Nakajima

Rentaro Mikuni as Tachibana Jurata in Sword for Hire Rentaro Mikuni

Toshirō Mifune as Sasa Hayatenosuke in Sword for Hire Toshirō Mifune

Danshirō Ichikawa as Kagami Yakeiji in Sword for Hire Danshirō Ichikawa

Yoshiko Yamaguchi as Oryo in Sword for Hire Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Takashi Shimura as  in Sword for Hire Takashi Shimura

Shinobu Asaji as Kano in Sword for Hire Shinobu Asaji

Yoshio Kosugi as  in Sword for Hire Yoshio Kosugi

Sugisaku Aoyama

Eijirō Tōno as  in Sword for Hire Eijirō Tōno

Ryōsuke Kagawa as  in Sword for Hire Ryōsuke Kagawa

Kokuten Kōdō as  in Sword for Hire Kokuten Kōdō

Kichijirō Ueda as  in Sword for Hire Kichijirō Ueda

Eiko Miyoshi as  in Sword for Hire Eiko Miyoshi

Haruo Nakajima as  in Sword for Hire Haruo Nakajima

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