Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955)

7.4/10 94 min Drama Adventure

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.

Cast

Chiezo Kataoka

Genpachi

Daisuke Katō

Genta

Eijirō Kataoka

Sakawa Kojūrō

Motoharu Ueki

Jirō

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Tōzaburō

Chizuru Kitagawa

Shamisen Player

Yuriko Tashiro

Otane

Eitarō Shindō

Pilgrim

Toranosuke Ogawa

Kunio Kaga

Unpei Yokoyama

Kyoji Sugi

Atsushi Watanabe

Yoshio Yoshida

Masao Oda

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