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Directed by Frank Lloyd
USA 1945
The great James Cagney (The Roaring Twenties, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye) stars in the compelling spy thriller, Blood on the Sun. Cagney is Nick Condon, an American newspaperman working in Tokyo prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, who finds himself in possession of an enemy plan for world domination. Amidst political intrigue and crossed loyalties, Condon must now find a way to warn the outside world. A fine, riveting melodrama with a judo-fighting Cagney at his fiery best, Blood on the Sun was directed by Frank Lloyd (Mutiny on the Bounty) and features the spellbinding Sylvia Sidney (You and Me) with Porter Hall (The General Died at Dawn), John Emery (Spellbound), Robert Armstrong (King Kong) and Wallace Ford (Flesh and Fury). *** Nick Condon, an American journalist in 1945 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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Theatrical Release: April 26th, 1945
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Distribution | Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray | |
Runtime | 1:34:01.010 | |
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Release Information: Studio: Kino
1. 37:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 32,544,970,167 bytesFeature: 30,474,024,960 bytesVideo Bitrate: 39.28 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian/Writer Julie Kirgo and Writer/Filmmaker Peter Hankoff • Theatrical Trailer (1:32)
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On their
Blu-ray,
Kino use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (24-bit) in the
original English language. Blood on the Sun
has plenty of hand-to-hand combat (Judo) to showcase Cagney's abilities
but no demonstrative audio effects. The score was by
Miklós Rózsa (Time
Out of Mind,
The
Green Cockatoo,
Kiss
the Blood Off My Hands,
The
Killers,
The Lost Weekend,
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes,
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers,
Double Indemnity) has a strong range from passivity to conflict
and dialogue is reasonably consistent via the lossless transfer. Kino offer optional English
(SDH)
subtitles on their Region 'A'
Blu-ray.
The Kino
Blu-ray
Frank Lloyd's Blood on the Sun
is a fictional history behind the 'Tanaka Memorial' - an alleged
Japanese strategic planning document from 1927 to take over the world
for Emperor Hirohito - considered now to be an anti-Japanese hoax. It's
quite a fascinating propaganda effort looking back today with Cagney as
his usual tough-guy pro-American role. Sylvia Sidney plays a
half-Chinese spy with many stunning wardrobe costuming by Michael Woulfe.
The 'Christine Cagney' character (played by Sharon Gless) from the 80's
TV show Cagney &
Lacey, had a poster of Blood on the Sun with the tagline
"Cagney's Mightiest". Amazing seeing this through the lens of
history and the Kino Blu-ray
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