About
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.
Box Office
$5.5M
Budget
$12.0M
Return
0.5x
Director
Writers
Masahiro Shinoda, Robert Mandy
Producers
Music
Studio
Culture Publishers, FIELDS, hyogensha, Manfred Durniok Filmproduktion, NTC Corporation, OBIC, TOHO, TV Asahi, SEGA, IMAGICA, Sammy, Asmik Ace Entertainment
Original Title
スパイ・ゾルゲ
Original Language
Japanese
Cast
Full credits →I
Iain Glen
Richard Sorge
M
Masahiro Motoki
Hidemi Ozaki
K
Kippei Shiina
Mitsusada Yoshikawa
T
Takaya Kamikawa
Tokko T
R
Riona Hazuki
Hanako Miyake
K
Koyuki
Yoshiko Yamazaki
Y
Yui Natsukawa
Hideko Ozaki
T
Toshiya Nagasawa
Miyagi
T
Takaaki Enoki
Duke Fumimaro
U
Ulrich Mühe
Eugen Ott
W
Wolfgang S. Zechmayer
Max Klausen
K
Karen Friesicke
Helma Ott
H
Haruko Katō
H
Hideji Ōtaki
Duke Kinmochi Sai-onji
S
Shima Iwashita
Mrs. Konoe