Samurai Spy

Samurai Spy

1965 · 100 min · ★ 6.4 · Action, Drama

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.

Directed by Masahiro Shinoda · Written by Yoshiyuki Fukuda

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Kōji Takahashi Sarutobi Sasuke
Shintarō Ishihara Saizo Kirigakure
Eitarō Ozawa Shigeyuki Koremura
Kei Satō Takanosuke Nojiri
Rokkō Toura Mitsuaki Inamura
Tetsuro Tamba Sakon Takatani
Eiji Okada Tatewaki Koriyama
Seiji Miyaguchi Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
Minoru Hodaka Genba Kuni
Misako Watanabe Okiwa
Yasunori Irikawa Yashiro Kobayashi
Jitsuko Yoshimura Omiyo

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