Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

94 mins | Drama, Adventure | Feb. 27, 1955

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.

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

94 mins | Drama, Adventure | Feb. 27, 1955

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 血槍富士
Directors Asaji Tomita, Tomu Uchida
Writers Toshio Tamikado, Shintarō Mimura, Fuji Yahiro

Cast

Chiezō Kataoka

as Genpachi

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

as Tōzaburō

Chizuru Kitagawa

as Shamisen player

Yuriko Tashiro

as Otane

Motoharu Ueki

as Jirō

Chie Ueki

as Shamisen player's daughter

Eitarō Shindō

as pilgrim

Daisuke Katō

as Genta

Eijirô Kataoka

as Sakawa Kojūrō (as Teruo Shimada)