Samurai Spy

6.6 / 10

(43 votes)

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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Action,

Drama

Duration:

100 minutes

Year:

1965

Director:

Masahiro Shinoda

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Company:

Shochiku

Cast:
Kōji Takahashi

Sarutobi Sasuke

Shintarō Ishihara

Saizo Kirigakure

Eitarō Ozawa

Shigeyuki Koremura

Kei Satō

Takanosuke Nojiri

Rokkō Toura

Mitsuaki Inamura

Crew:
Masahiro Shinoda

Director

Yoshiyuki Fukuda

Screenplay

Shizuo Yamanouchi

Producer

Koji Nakada

Novel

Toru Takemitsu

Original Music Composer