Samurai Spy

Samurai Spy , 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.

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