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.
Cast
Kōji Takahashi
as Sarutobi Sasuke
Shintarō Ishihara
as Saizo Kirigakure
Eitarō Ozawa
as Shigeyuki Koremura
Kei Satō
as Takanosuke Nojiri
Rokkō Toura
as Mitsuaki Inamura
Tetsuro Tamba
as Sakon Takatani
Eiji Okada
as Tatewaki Koriyama
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
Minoru Hodaka
as Genba Kuni
Misako Watanabe
as Okiwa
