Sword for Hire

1952 Japanese film
  • Hiroshi Inagaki
  • Akira Kurosawa[1]
Based onThe serialized novel
by Yasushi InoueProduced byTomoyuki Tanaka[1]Starring
CinematographyTadashi Iimura[1]Music byIkuma Dan[1]
Production
company
Toho[1]
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 22 May 1952 (1952-05-22) (Japan)
Running time
134 minutes[1]CountryJapan

Sword for Hire (戦国無頼, Sengoku burai) (lit. 'Vagabonds in a Country at War') is a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.[2][3] The film is based on a serialized novel by Yasushi Inoue published in the Sunday Mainichi.[1]

Cast

  • Toshiro Mifune as Hayate
  • Kenzo Tabu[4]
  • Yoshiko Yamaguchi as O'Ryo

Release

Sword for Hire was released in Japan on 22 May 1952 where it was distributed by Toho.[1]

The film was released in the United States on November 15, 1956 by Topaz Film Company with English subtitles and a narration by Bob Booth.[1] The Topaz version was produced by Toho.[1]

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Galbraith IV 2008, p. 86.
  2. ^ "戦国無頼". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ "戦国無頼". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Kenzo Tabu". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

Sources

  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743. Retrieved October 29, 2013.

External links

  • Sword for Hire at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1952/cb001070.htm
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