Samurai Spy (1965)
Original title: 異聞猿飛佐助
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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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Kōji TakahashiSarutobi Sasuke
Shintarō IshiharaSaizo Kirigakure
Eitarō OzawaShigeyuki Koremura
Kei SatōTakanosuke Nojiri
Rokkō TouraMitsuaki Inamura
Tetsuro TambaSakon Takatani
Eiji OkadaTatewaki Koriyama
Seiji MiyaguchiJinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
Minoru HodakaGenba Kuni
Misako WatanabeOkiwa
Yasunori IrikawaYashiro Kobayashi
Jitsuko YoshimuraOmiyoMovie DNA
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What is Samurai Spy about?
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.
How long is Samurai Spy?
Samurai Spy has a runtime of 100 minutes.
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