Samurai Spy (1965)
1965 · Feature film · 99 min · dir. Masahiro Shinoda
- Drama
- Romance
- ninja film
Synopsis
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…
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Details
- Director
- Masahiro Shinoda
- Writer
- Yoshiyuki Fukuda
- Composer
- Toru Takemitsu
- Cinematography
- Masao Kosugi
- Studio
- Shochiku
- Released
- 1965-07-10
- Original title
- 異聞猿飛佐助
- Running time
- 99 minutes
Cast & crew
Masahiro Shinoda Director
Kōji Takahashi
