Spy Sorge

Spy Sorge is a Japanese film directed by Masahiro Shinoda in 2003, about the Soviet spy Richard Sorge. A long and lavish production which became only a modest critical and commercial success, Shinoda intended the film to be his final feature.

Contents

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• Plot
• Cast
• Technical details
• Honours
• References

Plot

The life of Richard Sorge.

Cast

Iain Glen : Richard Sorge

Masahiro Motoki : Hidemi Ozaki

Kippei Shiina : Mitsusada Yoshikawa

Takaya Kamikawa : Tokko T

Toshiya Nagasawa : Miyagi

Riona Hazuki : Hanako Miyake

Koyuki : Yoshiko Yamazaki

Armin Marewski  : Branko Vukelic

Yui Natsukawa : Hideko Ozaki

Takaaki Enoki : Duke Fumimaro Konoye

Hideji Otaki : Duke Kinmochi Sai-onji

Shima Iwashita : Mme Konoe

Technical details

Writers: Robert Mandy & Masahiro Shinoda

Producers : Masato Hara, Masaru Koibuchi & Peter Rawley for Asmik Ace Entertainment & Manfred Durniok Filmproduktion

Music : Shinichirô Ikebe

Photography : Tatsuo Suzuki

Length: Japan : 182 min

Country: Japan / Germany

Language: Japanese

Colour: Colour

Sound: Dolby Digital

Honours

Best Art Direction for Hajime Oikawa at the Awards of the Japanese Academy in 2004

Also nominated at the same awards in the following categories:

Best Cinematography for Tatsuo Suzuki

Best Director for Masahiro Shinoda

Best Editing for Hiroshi Okuda

Best Film

Best Lighting for Hideshi Mikami

Best Music Score for Shinichirô Ikebe

Best Screenplay for Masahiro Shinoda and Robert Mandy

Best Sound for Tetsuo Segawa