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Sword for Hire

6.719522h 15mMovieDramaActionAdventure

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…

DirectorHiroshi Inagaki
WritersHiroshi Inagaki·Akira Kurosawa
ProducerTomoyuki Tanaka

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Cast · Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki

RMRentaro Mikuni
Rentaro Mikuni
Tachibana Jurata
TMToshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Sasa Hayatenosuke
DIDanshirō Ichikawa
Danshirō Ichikawa
Kagami Yakeiji
YYYoshiko Yamaguchi
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Oryo
TSTakashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
SAShinobu Asaji
Shinobu Asaji
Kano
YKYoshio Kosugi
Yoshio Kosugi
SA
Sugisaku Aoyama
ETEijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno
RKRyōsuke Kagawa
Ryōsuke Kagawa
KKKokuten Kōdō
Kokuten Kōdō
KUKichijirō Ueda
Kichijirō Ueda

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