Sword for Hire
戦国無頼
Sword for Hire at Fmovies. 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.
- Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure
- Country: Japan
- Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
- 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,
