Samurai Spy (1965)

Original title

異聞猿飛佐助

Directed by

Masahiro Shinoda

Genre

drama film, romance film, ninja film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A ninja named Sasuke Sarutobi hunts a spy named Nojiri in feudal Japan. A rival group led by Sakon also pursues the same target, and the shifting loyalties make it impossible to know who to trust.

suspensefulconfusingparanoidintriguingswashbucklingatmosphericcerebralnoir-ish

What happens

Samurai Spy (異聞猿飛佐助, Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke), also known as Spy Hunter, is a 1965 film directed by Masahiro Shinoda and written by Yoshiyuki Fukuda 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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