Overview

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

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