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Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

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DramaAdventure

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Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – 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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

94 mins

Rating

7.3/10

Release Date

27 February 1955

Country

Japan

Cast

Chiezō Kataoka

Chiezō Kataoka

Genpachi

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Genta

Eijirō Kataoka

Eijirō Kataoka

Sakawa Kojūrō

Motoharu Ueki

Motoharu Ueki

Jirō

Chie Ueki

Chie Ueki

Okin, the Shamisen Player's Daughter

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Tōzaburō

Chizuru Kitagawa

Chizuru Kitagawa

Shamisen Player

Yuriko Tashiro

Yuriko Tashiro

Otane

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Pilgrim

Toranosuke Ogawa

Toranosuke Ogawa

Kunio Kaga

Kunio Kaga

Unpei Yokoyama

Unpei Yokoyama

Kyoji Sugi

Kyoji Sugi

Atsushi Watanabe

Atsushi Watanabe

Kumiko Mayama

Kumiko Mayama

Yoshio Yoshida

Yoshio Yoshida

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Kakuzo Iida

Kakuzo Iida

Kazuo Tokita

Kazuo Tokita

Masao Oda

Masao Oda

Harue Akagi

Harue Akagi

Koji Arima

Koji Arima

Ryūtarō Aoyagi

Ryūtarō Aoyagi

Tominosuke Hayama

Tominosuke Hayama

Osamu Koganei

Osamu Koganei

Kajō Onoe

Kajō Onoe

Kenji Kusumoto

Kenji Kusumoto

Kyōichi Hara

Kyōichi Hara

Masao Katô

Masao Katô

Mitsuo Asano

Mitsuo Asano

Hideo Higashi

Hideo Higashi

Hideo Shimada

Hideo Shimada

Mitsukazu Kawamura

Mitsukazu Kawamura

Katsuya Ishimaru

Katsuya Ishimaru

Masaharu Nakano

Masaharu Nakano

Ayako Hidaka

Ayako Hidaka

Shizuka Chifune

Shizuka Chifune

Hachiro Yamauchi

Hachiro Yamauchi

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