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A dedicated American reporter in 1930s Japan is determined to expose that government's plan for world domination.A dedicated American reporter in 1930s Japan is determined to expose that government's plan for world domination.A dedicated American reporter in 1930s Japan is determined to expose that government's plan for world domination.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win total
Philip Ahn
- Secret Police Capt. Yomamoto
- (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont
- Johnny Clarke
- (uncredited)
Edward Biby
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Oie Chan
- Chinese Servant
- (uncredited)
Oy Chan
- Chinese Servant
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAccording to the DVD sleeve notes, prior to production James Cagney trained intensively in the martial art of judo in preparation for his role. He trained under Ken Kuniyuki, who was a 5th Degree Judo Master. Cagney insisted that he perform his own stunts. He said in his memoirs, "I grew so fond of judo I used it to keep in shape until a back injury I picked up doing something else put me on the sidelines." Moreover, another instructor for Cagney was former LAPD policeman John Halloran, who plays the role of Capt. Oshima and can be seen in the closing fight sequence. Apparently Halloran quit the LAPD after FBI agents investigated him because he was an expert in judo.
- GoofsIn the opening credits, the copyright is "MCMLXV." which is 1965. The film was produced in 1945, so the copyright should read "MCMXLV."
- Quotes
Iris Hilliard: Japanese women aren't allowed to think. It's against the law.
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer-colorized version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Your Afternoon Movie: Blood on the Sun (2023)
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Came Out Just In Time
The only reason this film gets as high as a five from me is because of James Cagney who made everything he was in a little bit better or appear to be so.
Blood on the Sun, coming out as it did in 1945 as World War II was ending focused on an incident from 1929. A document called the Tanaka Memorial which was purportedly a memorandum by the then Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi to Emperor Showa was leaked to U.S. media. It laid forth Japanese intentions to dominate the Pacific, Asia, and even the USA.
Problem was that when the Americans did occupy Japan, General MacArthur sent Army intelligence into sifting through Japanese files. Guess what? No Tanaka Memorial. A lot of people now consider the thing to have been a big old hoax perpetrated by the Chinese who were looking for friends back in 1929 because they rightly suspected Japanese intentions towards them.
So Blood in the Sun came out just in time as the belief in the Tanaka Memorial was still credible.
The brothers Cagney, William and James, produced this. But without the production values of the brothers Warner, this film looks like it was shot on the cheap. Jimmy Cagney played Nick Condon, a reporter who got a copy of the Tanaka Memorial and smuggled it out of Japan.
A lot of the cast played Eurasian roles and looked pretty silly too. Sylvia Sidney, John Emery and especially Robert Armstrong who may have conquered King Kong, but couldn't sound Oriental to save his life.
Blood on the Sun, coming out as it did in 1945 as World War II was ending focused on an incident from 1929. A document called the Tanaka Memorial which was purportedly a memorandum by the then Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi to Emperor Showa was leaked to U.S. media. It laid forth Japanese intentions to dominate the Pacific, Asia, and even the USA.
Problem was that when the Americans did occupy Japan, General MacArthur sent Army intelligence into sifting through Japanese files. Guess what? No Tanaka Memorial. A lot of people now consider the thing to have been a big old hoax perpetrated by the Chinese who were looking for friends back in 1929 because they rightly suspected Japanese intentions towards them.
So Blood in the Sun came out just in time as the belief in the Tanaka Memorial was still credible.
The brothers Cagney, William and James, produced this. But without the production values of the brothers Warner, this film looks like it was shot on the cheap. Jimmy Cagney played Nick Condon, a reporter who got a copy of the Tanaka Memorial and smuggled it out of Japan.
A lot of the cast played Eurasian roles and looked pretty silly too. Sylvia Sidney, John Emery and especially Robert Armstrong who may have conquered King Kong, but couldn't sound Oriental to save his life.
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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