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Release Date:
15 October 1945 (Sweden)
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To know their secret is to court Death ! more
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Nick Condon is a newspaper reporter working in Tokyo who refuses to toe the Japanese line on the expansionist...
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Newspaper
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Militarism
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
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Good Cagney vehicle
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | James Cagney | ... | Nick Condon |
 | Sylvia Sidney | ... | Iris Hilliard |
| Porter Hall | ... | Arthur Bickett |
| John Emery | ... | Premier Giichi Tanaka |
| Robert Armstrong | ... | Col. Hideki Tojo |
| Wallace Ford | ... | Ollie Miller |
| Rosemary DeCamp | ... | Edith Miller |
| John Halloran | ... | Capt. Oshima |
| Leonard Strong | ... | Hijikata |
| James Bell | ... | Charley Sprague |
| Marvin Miller | ... | Yamada |
 | Rhys Williams | ... | Joseph Cassell |
| Frank Puglia | ... | Prince Tatsugi |
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98 min | 94 min (TCM print)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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USA:Approved (certificate # 10705) |
Canada:PA (Ontario) |
West Germany:12 (f) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG
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When Iris Hillaird (Sylvia Sidney) tells Nick Condon (James Cagney) that they cannot be together because she is half-Japanese and half-Caucasian, Condon replies that he too is of mixed race. "I'm half-Irish and half-Norwegian." In real life, James Cagney was the son of an Irish-born father and a Norwegian-born mother.
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Revealing mistakes: Right after Ollie Miller gets shot you see him stumbling to the ground. When he gets up, under his left elbow you can see carpet moving in what should be grass.
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Arthur Bickett: But gentlemen, I know nothing about this article being printed. I was out of town.
Secret Police Major Kajioka: Then let me read what is printed here in your paper. "If Japan wants to control China we must first crush the United States just as in the past we have to fight in the Russo-Japanese war."
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Arthur Bickett: But gentlemen, I know nothing about this article being printed. I was out of town.
Secret Police Major Kajioka: Then let me read what is printed here in your paper. "If Japan wants to control China we must first crush the United States just as in the past we have to fight in the Russo-Japanese war."
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Featured in Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988)
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Blood on the Sun is a fairly good World War II espionage thriller set in imperial Japan. There is a fair amount of intrigue and suspense and Cagney carries the picture on the strength of his patriotic conviction, charisma, and judo. His love interest is also written and performed well in the style of the film noir heroine. The villains though of the stock variety are nonetheless a welcome change from the gangsters usually seen in such pictures. Modern audience may perceive the film as being politically incorrect especially since key Japanese roles were played by American and British actors. Still the film is an entertaining and even educational experience, 7/10.