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Sword for Hire is a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. The film is based on a serialized novel by Yasushi Inoue published in the Sunday Mainichi.
Original Release
05/22/1952
US Release
11/15/1956
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Toshirô Mifune | Sasa Hayatenosuke |
| Rentaro Mikuni | Tachibana Jurata |
| Danshirô Ichikawa | Kagami Yakeiji |
| Shirley Yamaguchi | Oryo |
| Shinobu Asaji | Kano |
| Takashi Shimura | |
| Yoshio Kosugi | |
| Sugisaku Aoyama | |
| Eijirô Tôno | |
| Ryôsuke Kagawa |
Directors
Writers
Hiroshi Inagaki, Yasushi Inoue, Akira Kurosawa
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Toshirô Mifune | Sasa Hayatenosuke |
| Rentaro Mikuni | Tachibana Jurata |
| Danshirô Ichikawa | Kagami Yakeiji |
| Shirley Yamaguchi | Oryo |
| Shinobu Asaji | Kano |
| Takashi Shimura | |
| Yoshio Kosugi | |
| Sugisaku Aoyama | |
| Eijirô Tôno | |
| Ryôsuke Kagawa | |
| Kokuten Kôdô | |
| Kichijirô Ueda | |
| Eiko Miyoshi | |
| Haruo Nakajima | |
| Bob Booth | Narrator |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
