Samurai Spy [Criterion Collection]

Director: Masahiro Shinoda

Overview

"The Criterion Collection continues their ""Sixties Swordplay Classics"" series with this striking blend of espionage, samurai action, and revisionist philosophy, all brought to the screen with grace and vigor by director Masahiro Shinoda. Samurai Spy (ak

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/2005
UPC:	0037429209820
Original Release:	1965
Source:	CRITERION
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:40:00
Sales rank:	36,124

Special Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer; Exclusive new 16-minute video interview with director Masahiro Shinoda; Gallery of key characters in the film; New and improved English subtitle translation; A new essay by film scholar Alain Silver

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Koji Takahashi	Sasuke Sarutobi
Misako Watanabe	Okiwa
Tetsuro Tamba	Sakon Takatani
Jitsuko Yoshimura	Omiyo
Eiji Okada	Tatewaki Koriyama
Mutsuhiro Toura	Actor
Seiji Miyaguchi	Actor
Jun Hamamura	Actor
T?ru Takemitsu	Composer

Technical Credits

Yoshiyuki Fukuda

Yoshiyuki Fukuda

Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Samurai Spy
1. Prelude: Toyotomi Versus Tokugawa [3:49]
2. Sasuke Sarutobi/Opening Credits [1:49]
3. "Nothing Is Certain These Days [2:58]
4. A Persuaded Christian [8:33]
5. Ambush at Wada Pass [3:25]
6. Hot Springs Intrigue [6:05]
7. Murder From the Shadows [3:07]
8. Okiwa [2:26]
9. Meeting at Joshin Temple [3:35]
10. Sakon Takatani: Second Encounter [5:45]
11. Koremura and Nojiri [5:41]
12. An Incriminating Letter [3:42]
13. "Any Discussion Leads to Talk of War" [4:31]
14. Recsued by Takatani ... Again [4:08]
15. Ninja Mission [5:19]
16. Yashiro Kobayashi [2:55]
17. The Truth Revealed [4:18]
18. "Where Is Tatewaki?" [2:34]
19. Suwa Shrine Festival [4:01]
20. "I Am Tatewaki Koriyama" [2:36]
21. Confrontation [7:01]
22. In the Mists [3:10]
23. The Ruler of All Spies [8:15]
24. Color Bars [:01]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Samurai Spy
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Chapters
Masahiro Shinoda
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Index
Auspicious Beginnings
Fact and Fiction
Samurai
Cinematography
Music
Absurdity
Character Gallery
Sasuke Sarutobi
Sakon Takatani
Tatewaki Koriyama
Mitsuaki Inamura
Yashiro Kobayashii
Genba Kuni
Shigeyuki Koremura
Takanosuke Nojri
Jinnai - Kazutakk Horikawa
Omiyo
Okiwa
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