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Samurai Spy (1965)

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.
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Masahiro Shinoda profile
Masahiro Shinoda

Director

Yoshiyuki Fukuda profile
Yoshiyuki Fukuda

Screenplay

Cast

Kōji Takahashi profile
Kōji Takahashi

Sarutobi Sasuke

Shintarō Ishihara profile
Shintarō Ishihara

Saizo Kirigakure

Eitarō Ozawa profile
Eitarō Ozawa

Shigeyuki Koremura

Kei Satō profile
Kei Satō

Takanosuke Nojiri

Rokkō Toura profile
Rokkō Toura

Mitsuaki Inamura

Tetsuro Tamba profile
Tetsuro Tamba

Sakon Takatani

Eiji Okada profile
Eiji Okada

Tatewaki Koriyama

Seiji Miyaguchi profile
Seiji Miyaguchi

Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

Minoru Hodaka profile
Minoru Hodaka

Genba Kuni

Misako Watanabe profile
Misako Watanabe

Okiwa

Yasunori Irikawa profile
Yasunori Irikawa

Yashiro Kobayashi

Jitsuko Yoshimura profile
Jitsuko Yoshimura

Omiyo

Kōji Takahashi profile
Kōji Takahashi

Sarutobi Sasuke

Shintarō Ishihara profile
Shintarō Ishihara

Saizo Kirigakure

Eitarō Ozawa profile
Eitarō Ozawa

Shigeyuki Koremura

Kei Satō profile
Kei Satō

Takanosuke Nojiri

Rokkō Toura profile
Rokkō Toura

Mitsuaki Inamura

Tetsuro Tamba profile
Tetsuro Tamba

Sakon Takatani

Eiji Okada profile
Eiji Okada

Tatewaki Koriyama

Seiji Miyaguchi profile
Seiji Miyaguchi

Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

Minoru Hodaka profile
Minoru Hodaka

Genba Kuni

Misako Watanabe profile
Misako Watanabe

Okiwa

Yasunori Irikawa profile
Yasunori Irikawa

Yashiro Kobayashi

Jitsuko Yoshimura profile
Jitsuko Yoshimura

Omiyo

Extra

Release Date

July 10, 1965

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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