Spy Sorge

Spy Sorge (スパイ・ゾルゲ) 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.

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

External links

• Spy Sorge on IMDb