Samurai Spy

6.6
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Run time: 100 min
  • Premiere: 1965. July 10.

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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Art

Junichi Ôsumi

Art Direction

Toshio Takahashi

Set Designer

Camera

Masao Kosugi

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Production

Sound

Toru Takemitsu

Original Music Composer

Writing

Yoshiyuki Fukuda

Screenplay