Rent Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955)
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1h 34min
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- Synopsis:
- 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.
- Actors:
- Chiezô Kataoka, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Chizuru Kitagawa, Yuriko Tashiro, Daisuke Katô, Eitarô Shindô, Toranosuke Ogawa, Kyôji Sugi, Yoshio Yoshida, Harue Akagi, Ryûtarô Aoyagi, Koji Arima, Mitsuo Asano, Tominosuke Hayama, Hideo Higashi, Fujiya Ishimaru, Kunio Kaga, Eijirô Kataoka, Masao Katô, Michikazu Kawamura
- Directors:
- Tomu Uchida
- Producers:
- Hiroshi Ohkawa
- Writers:
- Kintarô Inoue, Shintarô Mimura, Toshio Tamikado, Fuji Yahiro
- Aka:
- Chiyari Fuji
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 03/09/2018
- Run Time:
- 94 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand-new audio commentary by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp, recorded exclusively for this release
- Interview with Yasuka Uchida, son of director Tomu Uchida
- Interview with Kazunori Kishida, publicist for Toei Studios
- Vagrant Filmmaker, French film critic and programmer Fabrice Arduini discusses Uchida
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A Road Trip with a Hidden Blade - Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji review by griggs
It starts like a simple road trip: a young samurai, Sakawa Kojuro, heading to Edo with two attendants — Genpachi carrying the spear, Genta carrying everything else. But the longer they’re on the Tokaido, the more the film looks past rank and ceremony to the people getting crushed by them.
I love how unforced it feels at first: odd encounters, sly humour, life happening at the edges. Then Uchida quietly turns the screw. The film doesn’t polish the samurai code; it asks what it costs. Who gets protected, who gets sacrificed, and what “duty” means when it’s someone else’s pain.
Chiezo Kataoka is terrific as Genpachi, decent and watchful until he can’t stay polite. Daisuke Kato gives Genta warmth and bite. Kojuro carries an uneasy edge too — the sort who turns ugly once the drink’s in. When it finally erupts, it’s not a flourish. It’s a blow.
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