Blood on the Sun
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| Directed by | Frank Lloyd |
| Produced by | William Cagney |
| Written by | Garrett Fort Lester Cole |
| Starring | James Cagney Sylvia Sidney Porter Hall |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
| Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl |
| Editing by | Walter Hannemann |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | April 26 1945 |
| Running time | 98 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ? |
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Blood on the Sun (1945) is a film starring James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney. The film is based on the history behind the Tanaka Memorial document.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for a Black & White film in 1945. A computer-colorized version of the film was created in 1993.
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[edit] Synopsis
In pre-World War II Tokyo an American newspaper editor working for an English-language daily paper aimed at the American business community is given a document relating to Japan's foreign affairs which could have political ramifications if found. He meets up with Iris Hilliard, a woman who wants to secure the document even if it means dealing with the Japanese secret police and their threats.
[edit] Cast
- James Cagney as Nick Condon
- Sylvia Sidney as Iris Hilliard
- Porter Hall as Arthur Bickett
- John Emery as Premier Giichi Tanaka
- Robert Armstrong as Col. Hideki Tojo
- Wallace Ford as Ollie Miller
- Rosemary DeCamp as Edith Miller
- John Halloran as Capt. Oshima
- Leonard Strong as Hijikata
- James Bell as Charley Sprague
- Marvin Miller as Yamada
- Rhys Williams as Joseph Cassell
- Frank Puglia as Prince Tatsugi
- Hugh Beaumont as Johnny Clarke
[edit] Trivia
- Cagney learned judo for the action sequences of the film. His instructor was John Halloran, a former Los Angeles police officer who played a minor role in the film.
- The bar at the beginning of the film is an exact replica of the bar in Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.
