Samurai Spy (1965)
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.
Director:
Masahiro Shinoda
Writer:
Yoshiyuki Fukuda
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Kōji Takahashi as Sarutobi Sasuke |
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Shintarō Ishihara as Saizo Kirigakure |
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Eitarō Ozawa as Shigeyuki Koremura |
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Kei Satō as Takanosuke Nojiri |
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Rokkō Toura as Mitsuaki Inamura |
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Tetsuro Tamba as Sakon Takatani |
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Eiji Okada as Tatewaki Koriyama |
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Seiji Miyaguchi as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa |
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Minoru Hodaka as Genba Kuni |
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Misako Watanabe as Okiwa |
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Yasunori Irikawa as Yashiro Kobayashi |
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Jitsuko Yoshimura as Omiyo |
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Jun Hamamura as Joshin Temple Priest |
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Takeshi Kusaka as Narrator |
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Hiroshi Aoyama as |
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Hisanobu Ichikawa as |
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Kentarō Imai as |
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Taku Kido as |
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Shin'ya Mizushima as |
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Hideto Nakagawa as |
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Shuichi Oki as |
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Shôsuke Oni as |
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Ginzô Sekiguchi as |
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Matsuko Shiga as |
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Koji Shirotani as |
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Kenji Sonoda as |
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Toru Uchida as |
| Directing | Masahiro Shinoda | Director |
| Writing | Koji Nakada | Novel |
| Writing | Yoshiyuki Fukuda | Screenplay |
| Production | Shizuo Yamanouchi | Producer |
| Sound | Toru Takemitsu | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Masao Kosugi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Yoshi Sugihara | Editor |
| Art | Toshio Takahashi | Set Designer |
| Art | Junichi Ôsumi | Art Direction |
| Sound | Hideo Nishizaki | Sound |
