Samurai Spy
Samurai Spy (異聞猿飛佐助, Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke), also known as Spy Hunter, is a 1965 film directed by Masahiro Shinoda, based on a novel by Koji Nakada. The legendary ninja Sasuke Sarutobi tracks the spy Nojiri, while a mysterious figure named Sakon leads a band of men on their own quest for the wily Nojiri. Soon no one knows just who is who and what side anyone is on. Made during the height of the cold war, the film follows the lives of spies caught up in the power struggles of their times.
| Samurai Spy | |
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| Directed by | Masahiro Shinoda |
| Written by | Yoshiyuki Fukuda |
| Starring | Kōji Takahashi Mutsuhiro Toura Tetsurō Tamba Jitsuko Yoshimura Eiji Okada Yasunori Irikawa Seiji Miyaguchi Shintaro Ishihara |
| Cinematography | Masao Kosugi |
| Music by | Toru Takemitsu |
| Distributed by | Shochiku Co., Ltd. |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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