is a Japanese film directed by Masahiro Shinoda in 2003, about the Soviet spy Richard Sorge. Shinoda intended the film, a long and lavish production that had only modest critical and commercial success, as his final feature. Plot The film presents the life of Richard Sorge, a German spy for the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Soviet Army in Japan. Sorge and his contact Hotsumi Ozaki are arrested by the Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu (Special Higher Police) in Tokyo, and Sorge recounts the main events in flashbacks. Cast Iain Glen : Richard Sorge Masahiro Motoki : Hotsumi Ozaki Kippei Shiina : Mitsusada Yoshikawa Takaya Kamikawa : Tokko T Toshiya Nagasawa : Miyagi Yotoku 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 Michael Christian : Josef Albert Meisinger Shima Iwashita : Mrs. Konoe Ulrich Mühe : Eugen Ott Wolfgang S. Zechmayer : Max Christiansen-Clausen Mia Yu : Agnes Smedley Hanayagi Juraku : Emperor Hirohito Maro Akaji : Sugiyama Hajime Mitsuru Fukikoshi : Saionji Kenkazu Shingo Tsurumi : Ushiba Tomohiko Dō Haraguchi : Shigeru Honjō Naoto Takenaka : Hideki Tojo Tsuruoka Daijirō : Yasuhide Kurihara Youichi Okamura : Taketora Ogata Tatsu Kaneko : Takahashi Korekiyo Marek Wlodarczyk : Yan Karlovich Berzin Jurij Rosstalnyi : Semyon Uritsky Robert Mika : Lavrentiy Beria Peter Borchert : Joseph Stalin Technical details Writers: Robert Mandy & Masahiro Shinoda Producers : Masato Hara, Masaru Koibuchi & Peter Rawley for Asmik Ace Entertainment & Manfred Durniok Filmproduktion Music : Shin’ichirō 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 Shin’ichirō Ikebe Best Screenplay for Masahiro Shinoda and Robert Mandy Best Sound for Tetsuo Segawa References External links 2003 films 2000s biographical films 2000s spy films Japanese biographical films World War II spy films World War II films based on actual events 2000s Japanese films