Blood on the Sun [Blu-ray]

Director: Frank Lloyd Frank Lloyd

Overview

In his first film in two years, James Cagney stars as Nick Condon, the American editor of a pre-WW2 Tokyo newspaper. When two of his best friends are horribly murdered, Condon suspects that the "peaceful" Japanese military government is up to no good. He dedicates himself to getting his hands on the "Tanka Plan," a Japanese blueprint for conquering the world, and bringing this document to the attention of the Free World. As a result, he is targeted for persecution by the corrupt Tokyo police and betrayed by a traitorous fellow journalist. On a pleasanter note, Condon makes the acquaintance of half-Chinese Iris Hilliard (Sylvia Sidney), who agrees to help him foil the Japanese High Command. As was customary in wartime films, virtually all the Japanese characters in Blood on the Sun are played by Chinese, Korean, and Caucasian actors; for example, Robert Armstrong is cast as Colonel Tojo, while Premiere Tenaka is enacted by John Emery. Having lapsed into the public domain, Blood on the Sun is available from several distributors and also exists in a computer-colorized version.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/13/2024
UPC:	0738329265625
Original Release:	1945
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00
Sales rank:	6,346

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

James Cagney	Nick Condon
Sylvia Sidney	Iris Hilliard
Wallace Ford	Ollie Miller
Robert Armstrong	Col. Hideki Tojo
Rosemary DeCamp	Edith Miller
John Emery	Premier Tanaka
Leonard Strong	Hijikata
Frank Puglia	Prince Tatsugi
Jack Halloran	Capt. Oshima,Capt. Oshima
Hugh Ho	Kajioka
Philip Ahn	Yamamoto
Joseph Kim	Hayashi
Marvin Miller	Yamada
Rhys Williams	Joseph Cassell
Porter Hall	Arthur Bickett
James Bell	Charley Sprague
Grace Lem	Amah
Oie Chan	Chinese Servant
George Paris	Hotel Manager
Hugh Beaumont	Johnny Clarke
Arthur Loft	American Newsmen in Tokyo
Gregory Gaye	American Newsmen in Tokyo
Emmett Vogan	American Newsmen in Tokyo
Charlie Wayne	American Newsmen in Tokyo
Oy Chan	Chinese servant
Miklós Rózsa	Composer

Technical Credits

Lester Cole

Nathaniel Curtis

Frank Melford

Frank Lloyd	Director
Lester Cole	Screenwriter
William Cagney	Producer
Nathaniel Curtis	Screenwriter
Frank Melford	Screenwriter
Richard DeWeese	Sound/Sound Designer