Blood on the Sun (1945)

Director:

Frank Lloyd

Writers:

Lester Cole (screenplay)
Nathaniel Curtis (additional scenes)
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Release Date:

15 October 1945 (Sweden)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Romance | Thriller | War

Tagline:

To know their secret is to court Death !

Plot:

A dedicated American reporter in 1930's Japan, is determined to expose that government's plan for world domination.

Plot Keywords:

Newspaper | Japan | Judo | Pistol | Tough Guy Voice

Awards:

Won Oscar.

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Philip Ahn	...	Secret Police Captain Yomamoto (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont	...	Johnny Clarke (uncredited)
Edward Biby	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Oy Chan	...	Chinese Servant (uncredited)
Hugh Ho Chang	...	Secret Police Major Kajioka (uncredited)
Gregory Gaye	...	American Newspaperman Bogardis (uncredited)
Sam Harris	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Joseph Kim	...	Hayoshi (uncredited)
Grace Lem	...	Amah (uncredited)
Arthur Loft	...	American Newspaperman (uncredited)
Harold Miller	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
George Paris	...	Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan	...	American Newspaperman Johnson (uncredited)
Billy Wayne	...	American Newspaperman (uncredited)

Directed by
Frank Lloyd

Writing credits
Lester Cole		(screenplay)
Nathaniel Curtis		(additional scenes)
Garrett Fort		(story)
Frank Melford		(idea)

Produced by
William Cagney	....	producer

Original Music by
Miklós Rózsa		(as Miklos Rozsa)

Cinematography by
Theodor Sparkuhl		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Walter Hannemann
Truman K. Wood

Production Design by
Wiard Ihnen

Set Decoration by
A. Roland Fields

Costume Design by
Michael Woulfe

Makeup Department
Josef Norin	....	makeup artist
Ern Westmore	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Daniel Keefe	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Harvey Dwight	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Richard DeWeese	....	sound recorder

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robert Martien	....	wardrobe

Music Department
Paul Neal	....	music mixer (uncredited)
Eugene Zador	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
George M. Arthur	....	assistant to producer (as George Arthur)
Alice Barlow	....	technical advisor

Production Companies

• William Cagney Productions (as A William Cagney Production)

Distributors

• United Artists (1945) (USA) (theatrical)
• Republic Pictures Home Video (1991) (USA) (VHS)
• Take 2 Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Hollywood Classics (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Madacy Entertainment (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Master Movies (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Laserlight Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Questar Pictures (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• Roan Group, The (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Eclipse Music (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Artisan Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Diamond Entertainment Group (DEG) (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Genius Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Laserlight Entertainment (2003) (USA) (VHS)
• Platinum Disc (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Republic Pictures Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Roan Group, The (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (VHS)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Constantin Film (1950) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1945) (Canada) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1946) (France) (theatrical) (as Les Artistes Associés)
• Hollywood (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• MediaOutlet.com (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Olive Films (2012) (Canada) (DVD) (DVD and Blu-ray)
• Olive Films (2012) (USA) (DVD) (DVD and Blu-ray)
• PSG (2007) (Japan) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

98 min | 94 min (TCM print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (video rating) (1987) (1989) (1998) (1999) (2002) (2004) | USA:Approved (certificate # 10705) | Canada:PA (Ontario) | West Germany:12 (f) | Norway:16 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating: abridged version: 92m) (2004) | UK:PG (video rating: partly re-edited) (2003)

Filming Locations:

General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

William Cagney Productions

Trivia:

"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 3, 1945 with James Cagney reprising his film role.

Goofs:

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.

Quotes:

[first lines]
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."

Movie Connections:

Featured in Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988)

Suspense and action with Cagney uncovering Japanese plans for world control

While the entire world watched the early success of the German book ¨Mein Kampf¨ by Adolph Hitler, few were aware of the existence of an Oriental Hitler...Baron Giichi Tanaka ,he was a true life a bad guy who united with rich proprietaries and war lords to further his own ends. His plan of world conquest and dominance depended upon secrecy for success.This story deals with its first exposure by an American newspaperman(James Cagney) in Tokyo. Thus Cagney publishes in a newspaper ¨Tokyo Chronicle¨ that Tanaka plans attack on United States and China is the first victim of Premier Tanaka's plan for military conquest,revealing the existence of a document blueprint.Besides the marriage Mr. and Mrs. Miller(Wallace Ford and Rosemary DeCamp)have been murdered and Cagney will investigate it .Meanwhile he falls in love a charming double spy(Sylvia Sidney) . The picture combines intrigue,action,violence,noir cinema ,historic background and arts martial fights, being the first American film in what there are arts martial(Judo) struggles.Plus appear noted historical personages whom will intervene for second war world as colonel Tojo(Robert Amstrong),emperor Hiro Hito,Yamada(Martin Milner) and Tanaka(John Emery).Magnificent Music Score with Oriental sounds by classic Miklos Rozsa.The film won Oscar to the best Art Direction and Interior decoration and was produced by Cagney Production. The motion picture is finely directed by Frank Lloyd who realized excellent movies(Mutiny of the Bounty,If I were King,Under two flags). Rating : Good and entertained.