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Samurai Spy

6.419651h 40mMovieActionDrama

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,…

DirectorMasahiro Shinoda
WriterYoshiyuki Fukuda
ProducerShizuo Yamanouchi

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Cast · Directed by Masahiro Shinoda

KTKōji Takahashi
Kōji Takahashi
Sarutobi Sasuke
SIShintarō Ishihara
Shintarō Ishihara
Saizo Kirigakure
EOEitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa
Shigeyuki Koremura
KSKei Satō
Kei Satō
Takanosuke Nojiri
RTRokkō Toura
Rokkō Toura
Mitsuaki Inamura
TTTetsuro Tamba
Tetsuro Tamba
Sakon Takatani
EOEiji Okada
Eiji Okada
Tatewaki Koriyama
SMSeiji Miyaguchi
Seiji Miyaguchi
Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
MHMinoru Hodaka
Minoru Hodaka
Genba Kuni
MWMisako Watanabe
Misako Watanabe
Okiwa
YIYasunori Irikawa
Yasunori Irikawa
Yashiro Kobayashi
JYJitsuko Yoshimura
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Omiyo

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