Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
1955 · 1h 34m · Not Rated
Adventure, Drama
Directed by
Tomu Uchida
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Tomu Uchida Director
- Chiezo Kataoka as Genpachi
- Daisuke Katō as Genta
- Eijirō Kataoka as Sakawa Kojūrō
- Motoharu Ueki as Jirō
- Chie Ueki as Okin, the Shamisen Player's Daughter
- Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Tōzaburō
- Chizuru Kitagawa as Shamisen Player
- Yuriko Tashiro as Otane
- Eitarō Shindō as Pilgrim
- Toranosuke Ogawa Cast
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