Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.

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Blood on the Sun (1945)

Having a wonderful time In Tokyo!

★ 5.9/10 April 26, 1945 94 min

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Director: Frank Lloyd  ·  Writers: Garrett Fort, Lester Cole, Nathaniel Curtis

Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.

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Frank Lloyd Frank Lloyd

Cast

James Cagney James Cagney Nick Condon Sylvia Sidney Sylvia Sidney Iris Hilliard Porter Hall Porter Hall Arthur Bickett John Emery John Emery Premier Gilchi Tanaka Robert Armstrong Robert Armstrong Col Hideki Tojo Wallace Ford Wallace Ford Ollie Miller Rosemary DeCamp Rosemary DeCamp Edith Miller John Halloran John Halloran Capt. Oshima Leonard Strong Leonard Strong Hijikata James Bell James Bell Charley Sprague Marvin Miller Marvin Miller Yamada Rhys Williams Rhys Williams Joseph Cassell

User Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
CinemaSerf July 1, 2022
★ 5/10

James Cagney is a journalist in pre-war Tokyo who gets embroiled in a tussle between the forces of Imperial aggression led by John Emery ("Tanaka") and those of peaceful conciliation headed by "Prince Tatsugu" (Frank Puglia). When the expansionists realise that Cagney is not going to play along - after bribery/threats and blackmail all fail to convince him; his very life is soon in peril - made worse once he is given a letter from the Prince that his opponents need back at all costs. Made at the end of WWII, it is a pretty obvious slice of propaganda, though it is tempered by some respect for the decent Japanese who did not want war, and it reflects their sense of "honour" in quite an interesting fashion - is it to the glory of the ancestors or just glorified cowardice? Cagney carries this pretty much single handedly. Marvin Miller is quite menacing as the dastardly "Yamada" too, but Syl…