Women Who Loved Spies Richard Sorge DVD Box

[Machine Translation] Richard Sorge is regarded as the greatest spy of the 20th century. This drama depicts the life of Sorge, a Soviet spy who traveled around Japan before World War II, from his espionage activities to his arrest and execution, and the women who loved him. --Richard Sorge is a spy for the Soviet Union, working in Tokyo as a reporter for a major Nazi German newspaper. After learning of Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union through the German ambassador to Japan, Sorge conveys the information to the Soviet side led by Stalin, but is not believed, but he continues his espionage activities with Ozaki Hidemi and others and continues to send information to the Soviet Union. However, frequent radio transmissions led the Special Higher Police, led by Major Osaki, to detect the existence of the intelligence group. Although Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, and the Soviet Union changed its opinion of Sorge, the intelligence team led by Sorge was in danger. In order to maintain his mental stability amidst the growing tension in the international situation, Sorge becomes addicted to alcohol and women. While living together with Hanako, a Japanese woman who works at a beer hall, he is also attracted to the wife of his former lover, the German ambassador to Japan.

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20世紀史上最高のスパイと称されるリヒャルト・ゾルゲ。第二次大戦前の日本を舞台に行脚したソ連のスパイ、ゾルゲの諜報活動から逮捕・処刑に至るまでの半生と、彼を愛した女たちを描いたドラマ。――ナチスドイツの大手新聞社の記者として東京で諜報活動するソビエト連邦のスパイ、リヒャルト・ゾルゲ。駐日ドイツ大使を通して、ヒトラーによるソ連侵攻を知ったゾルゲは、スターリン率いるソ連側に情報を伝えるも信用されなかったが、尾崎秀実らとともに諜報活動を続け、その後もソ連に情報を送りつづける。しかし、頻繁に発信される無線通信により、大崎少佐率いる特別高等警察に諜報団の存在を感知されてしまう。やがて、41年にナチスドイツがソ連に攻め込み、ソ連はゾルゲへの評価を改めたものの、ゾルゲ率いる諜報団には危機が迫っていた。緊張が高まる国際情勢の中で、精神の安定を保つため酒と女にのめり込むゾルゲは、ビアホールで働く日本人女性・花子と同棲しながら、元恋人の駐日ドイツ大使の妻にも惹かれていく。