A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japanese imperial ambitions in Eastern Asia. The spy becomes acquainted with a sympathetic communist who like he is attached to the ideals of freedom and rule of the masses. Sorge is able to feed the Soviet Union useful information regarding the Axis allies and their movements in Asia and beyond.
Cast
Iain Glen
Richard Sorge
Masahiro Motoki
Hidemi Ozaki
Kippei Shiina
Mitsusada Yoshikawa
Takaya Kamikawa
Tokko T
Riona Hazuki
Hanako Miyake
Koyuki
Yoshiko Yamazaki
Yui Natsukawa
Hideko Ozaki
Toshiya Nagasawa
Miyagi
Takaaki Enoki
Duke Fumimaro
Ulrich Mühe
Eugen Ott
Wolfgang S. Zechmayer
Max Klausen
Karen Friesicke
Helma Ott
Haruko Katō
Unknown
Hideji Ōtaki
Duke Kinmochi Sai-onji
Shima Iwashita
Mrs. Konoe
Crew
Masahiro Shinoda
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Original Story
Robert Mandy
Screenplay
Hiroshi Okuda
Editor
Tatsuo Suzuki
Director of Photography
Kiyoshi Nonomura
Producer
Yoshishige Shimatani
Producer
Tetsu Kayama
Producer
Yasushi Shiina
Producer
Hiroshi Hayakawa
Producer
Hajime Oikawa
Production Design
陳紹勉
Production Design
Annette Lofy
Production Design
Hanae Mori
Costume Design
Kenji Kawasaki
Costumer
Keisuke Chiyoda
Costumer
二宮義夫
Costumer
Shizuo Kurahashi
Sound Effects
Tetsuo Segawa
Sound Recordist
Kazuto Kawazoe
Visual Effects Supervisor
Tetsuo Ôya
Visual Effects Producer
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Masao Iwase
Music Coordinator
飯塚幹夫
Music Coordinator
Akira Kanda
Set Decoration
Hideshi Mikami
Gaffer
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