The read
A Balasaur Score of 68 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10.
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.
Ratings
54 audience votes
Key crew
- Masahiro ShinodaDirector
- Toru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
- Yoshiyuki FukudaScreenplay
Cast
- Kōji TakahashiSarutobi Sasuke
- Shintarō IshiharaSaizo Kirigakure
- Eitarō OzawaShigeyuki Koremura
- Kei SatōTakanosuke Nojiri
- Rokkō TouraMitsuaki Inamura
- Tetsuro TambaSakon Takatani
- Eiji OkadaTatewaki Koriyama
- Seiji MiyaguchiJinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
- Minoru HodakaGenba Kuni
- Misako WatanabeOkiwa
- Yasunori IrikawaYashiro Kobayashi
- Jitsuko YoshimuraOmiyo
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