Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Feb 27 1955
•2h 34m
•Drama, Adventure
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
See allChiezō Kataoka
Genpachi
Daisuke Katō
Genta
Eijirō Kataoka
Sakawa Kojūrō
Motoharu Ueki
Jirō
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