Samurai Spy

Jul 10, 1965

1h 40m

★ 6.4

Overview

Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of swordsmen is thrown into turmoil. After Sasuke is unwittingly drawn into the conflict, he tracks Tatewaki, while a mysterious, white-hooded figure seems to hunt them both. By tale’s end, no one is who they seemed to be, and the truth is far more personal than anyone suspected. Director Masahiro Shinoda’s Samurai Spy, filled with clan intrigue, ninja spies, and multiple double crosses, marks a bold stylistic departure from swordplay film convention.

Genres

Action

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Sarutobi Sasuke

Kōji Takahashi

Saizo Kirigakure

Shintarō Ishihara

Shigeyuki Koremura

Eitarō Ozawa

Takanosuke Nojiri

Kei Satō

Mitsuaki Inamura

Rokkō Toura

Sakon Takatani

Tetsuro Tamba

Tatewaki Koriyama

Eiji Okada

Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

Seiji Miyaguchi

Genba Kuni

Minoru Hodaka

Okiwa

Misako Watanabe

Yashiro Kobayashi

Yasunori Irikawa

Omiyo

Jitsuko Yoshimura

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