Sword for Hire

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

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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Galbraith IV 2008, p. 86.
^ "戦国無頼". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ "戦国無頼". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ "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
(in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1952/cb001070.htm

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[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV200886-1] ^ ^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.

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