
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.
Top Billed Cast

Kōji Takahashi
Sarutobi Sasuke

Shintarō Ishihara
Saizo Kirigakure

Eitarō Ozawa
Shigeyuki Koremura

Kei Satō
Takanosuke Nojiri

Rokkō Toura
Mitsuaki Inamura
Featured Crew

Masahiro Shinoda
Director

Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Yoshiyuki Fukuda
Screenplay
Shizuo Yamanouchi
Producer
Koji Nakada
Novel
Masao Kosugi
Director of Photography
Yoshi Sugihara
Editor
Junichi Ôsumi
Art Direction
Toshio Takahashi
Set Designer
Hideo Nishizaki
Sound