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, Writer, Producer
Robert Mandy
Writer
Hiroshi Okuda
Editor
Tatsuo Suzuki
Director of Photography
Tetsu Kayama
Producer
Yasushi Shiina
Producer
Hiroshi Hayakawa
Producer
Yoshishige Shimatani
Producer
Kiyoshi Nonomura
Producer
Hajime Oikawa
Production Design
Hanae Mori
Costume Design
Tetsuo Segawa
Sound
Tetsuo Ôya
Visual Effects Producer
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
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