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.
Iain Glen
Masahiro Motoki
Kippei Shiina
Takaya Kamikawa
Riona Hazuki
Koyuki
Yui Natsukawa
Toshiya Nagasawa
Takaaki Enoki
Ulrich Mühe
Wolfgang S. Zechmayer
Karen Friesicke
Haruko Katō
Hideji Ōtaki
Shima Iwashita