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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]

Sword for Hire
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Hiroshi Inagaki
Screenplay by	Hiroshi Inagaki Akira Kurosawa[1]
Based on	The serialized novel by Yasushi Inoue
Produced by	Tomoyuki Tanaka[1]
Starring	Toshiro Mifune Rentarō Mikuni Danshiro Ichikawa Yoshiko "Shirley" Yamaguchi
Cinematography	Tadashi Iimura[1]
Music by	Ikuma Dan[1]
Production company	Toho[1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	22 May 1952 (1952-05-22) (Japan)
Running time	134 minutes[1]
Country	Japan

Cast

• Toshiro Mifune
• Kenzo Tabu[4]

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

Sources

External links

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

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