BLOODY SPEAR AT MOUNT FUJI [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1955
• Genre: Adventure, Drama
• Plot: Praised by Japanese film critics and much admired by his contemporaries Akira Kurosawa and Yasujirô Ozu, Tomu Uchida nonetheless remains a little-known in the west. His 1955 masterpiece Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji is an excellent entry point for the newcomer.; ; Set during the Edo period, Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji is a tragicomic road movie of sorts, following a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi (Chiezô Kataoka) – and the various people they meet on their journey, including a policeman in pursuit of a thief, a young child and a woman who is to be sold into prostitution.; ; Winner of a prestigious Blue Ribbon Award for supporting actor – and Kurosawa regular – Daisuke Katô, Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji is a film deserving of much wider international recognition.
• Cast: Chiezô Kataoka, Yuriko Tashiro, Daisuke Katô, Toranosuke Ogawa, Chizuru Kitagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Kyôji Sugi, Yoshio Yoshida, Harue Akagi, Ryûtarô Aoyagi, Kôji Arima, Mitsuo Asano, Tominosuke Hayama, Hideo Higashi, Fujiya Ishimaru, Kunio Kaga, Eijirô Kataoka, Masao Katô, Michikazu Kawamura, Osamu Koganei, Kenji Minamihon, Masao Oda, Kajo Onoe, Hideo Shimada, Kinnosuke Takamatsu, Kazuo Tokita, Chie Ueki, Motoharu Ueki, Atsushi Watanabe, Hachiro Yamauchi, Unpei Yokoyama, Tomu Uchida, Kintarô Inoue, Shintarô Mimura, Toshio Tamikado, Fuji Yahiro, Hiroshi Ohkawa, Sadaji Yoshida, Shintarô Miyamoto, Taiichirô Kosugi, Hiroo Nozu, Takatoshi Suzuki
• Director: Tomu Uchida
• Runtime: 1:34
• Company: Toei Company, Ltd., Arrow Films, Arrow Academy
• Media Format: Movie