Sword for Hire
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.
Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
as Tachibana Jurata
Toshirō Mifune
as Sasa Hayatenosuke
Danshirō Ichikawa
as Kagami Yakeiji
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
as Oryo
Takashi Shimura
as
Shinobu Asaji
as Kano
Yoshio Kosugi
as
Sugisaku Aoyama
as
Eijirō Tōno
as
Ryōsuke Kagawa
as
