Samurai Spy

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.

• Release date
• July 10, 1965
• Runtime
• 100 min
• Genres
• Action, Drama
• Director
• Masahiro Shinoda

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