Sengoku burai (1952)

Soldiers Hayatenosuke Sasa and Kagami Yaheiji leave their besieged castle on a secret mission into the enemy camp. Hayatenosuke has left behind his lover, Kano. In the camp, Hayatenosuke is... See full summary »

Director:

Hiroshi Inagaki

Writers:

Hiroshi Inagaki, Yasushi Inoue (novel),

Stars:

Rentarô Mikuni, Danshirô Ichikawa, Shirley Yamaguchi

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Rentarô Mikuni	...	Tachibana Jurata
Danshirô Ichikawa	...	Kagami Yakeiji
Shirley Yamaguchi	...	Oryo (as Yoshiko Yamaguchi)
Shinobu Asaji	...	Kano
Yoshio Kosugi
Eijirô Tôno
Sugisaku Aoyama
Ryôsuke Kagawa
Kokuten Kôdô
Kichijirô Ueda
Eiko Miyoshi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bob Booth	...	Narrator
Toshirô Mifune	...	Sasa Hayatenosuke
Haruo Nakajima
Takashi Shimura

Storyline

Soldiers Hayatenosuke Sasa and Kagami Yaheiji leave their besieged castle on a secret mission into the enemy camp. Hayatenosuke has left behind his lover, Kano. In the camp, Hayatenosuke is wounded and cared for by Oryo, who falls in love with him. But when Hayatenosuke accidentally kills her father, he flees, with Oryo in pursuit. Subsequently, Hayatenosuke's comrade Yaheiji falls in love with Oryo. Kano, the lover left behind by Hayatenosuke, 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.

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Plot Keywords:

soldier | castle | based on novel

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Adventure

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

15 November 1956 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sword for Hire

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toho Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

135 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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