Sword for Hire
Overview
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 OâRyo, who falls in love with him. But when Hayate accidentally kills her caretaker, he flees, with OâRyo 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
Tachibana Jurata
ToshirÅ Mifune
Sasa Hayatenosuke
DanshirÅ Ichikawa
Kagami Yakeiji
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Oryo
Takashi Shimura
Shinobu Asaji
Kano
Yoshio Kosugi
Sugisaku Aoyama
EijirÅ TÅno
RyÅsuke Kagawa
Kokuten KÅdÅ
KichijirÅ Ueda
