Sword for Hire (1952)
- Original title
- 戦国無頼
- Directed by
- Hiroshi Inagaki
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows a ronin in feudal Japan who gets involved in a power struggle between warring clans. He takes on a job as a bodyguard but finds himself caught in a web of betrayal and violence.
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What happens
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. The film is based on a serialized novel by Yasushi Inoue published in the Sunday Mainichi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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