Rent Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955)
3.8 of 5 from 57 ratings
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
