Samurai Spy
movie
Released July 10, 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.
Cast
Kōji Takahashi
as
Sarutobi Sasuke
Shintarō Ishihara
as
Saizo Kirigakure
Eitarō Ozawa
as
Shigeyuki Koremura
Kei Satō
as
Takanosuke Nojiri
Rokkō Toura
as
Mitsuaki Inamura
Tetsuro Tamba
as
Sakon Takatani
Eiji Okada
as
Tatewaki Koriyama
Seiji Miyaguchi
as
Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
Minoru Hodaka
as
Genba Kuni
Misako Watanabe
as
Okiwa
Yasunori Irikawa
as
Yashiro Kobayashi
Jitsuko Yoshimura
as
Omiyo
Crew
Masahiro Shinoda
as
Director
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Koji Nakada
as
Novel
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Yoshiyuki Fukuda
as
Screenplay
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Shizuo Yamanouchi
as
Producer
Toru Takemitsu
as
Original Music Composer
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Masao Kosugi
as
Director of Photography
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Yoshi Sugihara
as
Editor
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Toshio Takahashi
as
Set Designer
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Junichi Ôsumi
as
Art Direction
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Hideo Nishizaki
as
Sound