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Sword for Hire (1952) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Hiroshi Inagaki

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Hiroshi Inagaki
Yasushi Inoue ... (novel)
Akira Kurosawa

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification  

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

Produced by 

Tomoyuki Tanaka ... producer

Music by 

Ikuma Dan

Cinematography by 

Tadashi Iimura

Production Design by 

Takeo Kita

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Katsuya Shimizu ... assistant director

Sound Department 

Shôji Kameyama ... sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department 

Tsuruzô Nishikawa ... lighting technician
Matsuo Yoshizaki ... still photographer (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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