
Film
Samurai Spy
1965 · 1h 40m · Action · Drama
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- 7.0
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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.
Where to watch
Criterion Channel
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Cast

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

Jun Hamamura
Joshin Temple Priest

Takeshi Kusaka
Narrator
Hiroshi Aoyama
Hisanobu Ichikawa
Crew
- Masahiro ShinodaDirector
- Yoshiyuki FukudaScreenplay
- Koji NakadaNovel
- Shizuo YamanouchiProducer
- Masao KosugiDirector of Photography
- Toru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
- Yoshi SugiharaEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 10, 1965
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Action, Drama
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