VAGABONDS IN A COUNTRY AT WAR
Directed by: INAGAKI Hiroshi
Cast: MIFUNE Toshiro, MIKUNI Rentaro, Takashi Shimura, ASAJI Shinobu
Soldiers Hayate and Yaheiji secretly escape from their besieged castle. Hayate
has leftbehind his lover, Kano. On his way, Hayate is wounded and cared for by
O’Ryo, who falls in love with him. But when Hayate accidentally kills her caretaker,
he flees, with O’Ryo 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.
(aka "Sword for Hire") Screenplay by Inagaki Hiroshi and Kurosawa Akira!
Remastered Print
1952 - Blk/Wht - Fullscreen
Japanese with English sbutitles
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