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Blood on the Sun
Having a wonderful time In Tokyo!
Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.
- Original title
- Blood on the Sun
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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CinemaSerf
Jul 1, 2022 · via TMDB
James Cagney is a journalist in pre-war Tokyo who gets embroiled in a tussle between the forces of Imperial aggression led by John Emery ("Tanaka") and those of peaceful conciliation headed by "Prince Tatsugu" (Frank Puglia). When the expansionists realise that Cagney is not going to play along - after bribery/threats and blackmail all fail to convince him; his very life is soon in peril - made worse once he is given a letter from the Prince that his opponents need back at all costs. Made at the end of WWII, it is a pretty obvious slice of propaganda, though it is tempered by some respect for the decent Japanese who did not want war, and it reflects their sense of "honour" in quite an interesting fashion - is it to the glory of the ancestors or just glorified cowardice? Cagney carries this pretty much single handedly. Marvin Miller is quite menacing as the dastardly "Yamada" too, but Sylvia Sidney as the plotting "Iris" doesn't remotely carry off her task as a scheming double-dealer and Rhys Williams ought to have stuck to his more jovial roles - he never could carry off meatier parts. The budget went on the star, the technical aspects of this leave quite a bit to be desired. It's a straight-up goodies v baddies film and nothing more complex than that...
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James Cagney
Nick Condon
Sylvia Sidney
Iris Hilliard
Porter Hall
Arthur Bickett
John Emery
Premier Gilchi Tanaka
Robert Armstrong
Col Hideki Tojo
Wallace Ford
Ollie Miller
Rosemary DeCamp
Edith Miller
John Halloran
Capt. Oshima
Leonard Strong
Hijikata
James Bell
Charley Sprague
Marvin Miller
Yamada
Rhys Williams
Joseph Cassell
Frank Puglia
Prince Tatsugi
Grace Lem
Amah
Harold Miller
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Philip Ahn
Secret Police Capt. Yomamoto (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont
Johnny Clarke (uncredited)
Theodor Sparkuhl
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Michael Woulfe
Costume Design
Frank Lloyd
Director
William Cagney
Producer
Miklós Rózsa
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