Sword for Hire
Trailer: Sword for Hire
Year: 1952
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure
Studio: TOHO
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Toshirō Mifune, Danshirō Ichikawa, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Takashi Shimura, Shinobu Asaji
Crew: Hiroshi Inagaki (Director), Hiroshi Inagaki (Screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Yasushi Inoue (Novel), Takeo Kita (Production Design), Tomoyuki Tanaka (Producer)
Runtime: 135 minutes
Release: May 22, 1952
IMDb: 6.70/10 by 10 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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