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Samurai Spy

異聞猿飛佐助

Topics:#samurai #swordplay #spy #ninja #swordsman #shogun #edo period #shogunate #tokugawa shogunate #swordsplay

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 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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Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke (1965) - Giriş

Type: Clip • Published 2020-10-30

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Kōji Takahashi

Sarutobi Sasuke

Shintarō Ishihara

Saizo Kirigakure

Eitarō Ozawa

Shigeyuki Koremura

Kei Satō

Takanosuke Nojiri

Rokkō Toura

Mitsuaki Inamura

Tetsuro Tamba

Sakon Takatani

Eiji Okada

Tatewaki Koriyama

Seiji Miyaguchi

Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

Minoru Hodaka

Genba Kuni

Misako Watanabe

Okiwa

Yasunori Irikawa

Yashiro Kobayashi

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Omiyo

Jun Hamamura

Joshin Temple Priest

Takeshi Kusaka

Narrator

Hiroshi Aoyama

Hisanobu Ichikawa

Kentarō Imai

Taku Kido

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World Premiere

Eiga-Sai Film Festival

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Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Screenplay & Story: Yoshiyuki Fukuda
Original Score: Tōru Takemitsu
Original Title: 異聞猿飛佐助
Country of Origin: Japan
Spoken Languages: Japanese
Runtime: 1h 40m
Production Studios: Shochiku

Creative Leadership & Key Crew

Director

Masahiro Shinoda

Screenplay & Story

Yoshiyuki Fukuda, Koji Nakada

Original Score & Music

Tōru Takemitsu

Director of Photography

Masao Kosugi

Film Editing

Yoshi Sugihara

Producers

Shizuo Yamanouchi

Literary Origin & Source Material

Novel:Koji Nakada

Department Leadership Roster

Masahiro Shinoda

Director

Tōru Takemitsu

Original Music Composer

Yoshiyuki Fukuda

Screenplay

Shizuo Yamanouchi

Producer

Masao Kosugi

Director of Photography

Yoshi Sugihara

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