Spy Sorge

Directed byMasahiro Shinoda

Screenplay by

• Masahiro Shinoda
• Robert Mandy^[1]

Produced by

• Masaru Koibuchi
• Masato Hara
• Manfred Durniok
• Peter Rawley
• Yoshishige Shimatani^[1][2]

Starring

• Iain Glen
• Masahiro Motoki
• Kippei Shiina
• Takaya Kamikawa
• Riona Hazuki^[1]

Spy Sorge
Film poster
Directed by	Masahiro Shinoda
Screenplay by	Masahiro Shinoda Robert Mandy[1]
Produced by	Masaru Koibuchi Masato Hara Manfred Durniok Peter Rawley Yoshishige Shimatani[1][2]
Starring	Iain Glen Masahiro Motoki Kippei Shiina Takaya Kamikawa Riona Hazuki[1]
Cinematography	Tatsuo Suzuki[1]
Edited by	Hiroshi Okuda[1]
Music by	Shin'ichirō Ikebe[1]
Production companies	Asmik Ace Entertainment Imagica NTC Obic Sammy Corporation Sega Toho TV Asahi[1][2]
Distributed by	Toho[1]
Release date	June 14, 2003 (2003-06-14) (Japan)
Running time	182 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Languages	Japanese English
Budget	¥2 billion[2]
Box office	¥760 million[2]

Spy Sorge (Japanese: スパイ・ゾルゲ, Hepburn: Supai Zoruge) is a 2003 Japanese historical drama biographical film co-written and directed by Masahiro Shinoda, about the World War II-era Soviet spy Richard Sorge.^[3][4] It stars Scottish actor Iain Glen in the title role. Shinoda intended the film, a long and lavish production, to be his final feature. True to his word, the director died 22 years later without having directed another film.

Spy Sorge achieved only modest critical success and failed to recoup its budget at the box office.^[2] Despite this, the film received multiple nominations at the 27th Japan Academy Awards.