
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $5.47M worldwide against a $12M budget
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Based on
Based on a true story
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Setting
Set in Shanghai
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Tatsuo Suzuki
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Masahiro ShinodaScreenplay, Original Story
- Robert MandyScreenplay
- Original title
- スパイ・ゾルゲ
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 14, 2003
- Original language
- Japanese
- Budget
- $12M
- Revenue
- $5.5M
- Countries
- Germany, Japan






































