Samurai Spy
異聞猿飛佐助
Release: 1965-07-10
·Runtime: 100m
·★ 6.5
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Shochiku
Cast
Shintarō Ishihara
as Saizo Kirigakure
Rokkō Toura
as Mitsuaki Inamura
Misako Watanabe
as Okiwa
Eiji Okada
as Tatewaki Koriyama
Minoru Hodaka
as Genba Kuni
Jun Hamamura
as Joshin Temple Priest
Taku Kido
Kōji Takahashi
as Sarutobi Sasuke
Kei Satō
as Takanosuke Nojiri
Tetsuro Tamba
as Sakon Takatani
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
Jitsuko Yoshimura
as Omiyo
Eitarō Ozawa
as Shigeyuki Koremura
Yasunori Irikawa
as Yashiro Kobayashi
Takeshi Kusaka
as Narrator
