Blood on the Sun

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Blood on the Sun is a 1945 American film noir–style war drama starring James Cagney, centered on a newspaper editor uncovering a Japanese militarist conspiracy before World War II.

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instanceOf film
film noir–style film
academyAwardYear 1946
artDirectionBy A. Roland Fields
Wiard Ihnen
award Academy Award for Best Art Direction–Interior Decoration, Black-and-White
basedOn short story "Blood on the Sun"
basedOnAuthor Lester Cole
character Arthur Bickett
Col. Hideki Tojo
linked to: Hideki Tojo

Iris Hilliard
Nick Condon
Ohashi
Premier Tanaka
cinematographyBy Theodore Sparkuhl
costumeDesignBy Edward Stevenson
countryDepicted Japan
countryOfOrigin United States
director Frank Lloyd
distributedBy United Artists
editedBy Edward Curtiss
format black-and-white
genre drama film
film noir
war film
hasTheme anti-militarism
journalism
political conspiracy
leadActor James Cagney
leadActress Sylvia Sidney
musicBy Miklós Rózsa
originalLanguage English
plotSummary An American newspaper editor in Tokyo uncovers a Japanese militarist conspiracy before World War II.
producer William Cagney
productionCompany William Cagney Productions
releaseDate 1945-05-31
releaseYear 1945
runningTimeMinutes 98
screenwriter Lester Cole
Nathaniel Curtis
setInCountry Japan
setInPeriod pre–World War II era
starring Hugh Beaumont
James Cagney
John Emery
Marvin Miller
Porter Hall
Robert Armstrong
Rosemary DeCamp
Sylvia Sidney
Wallace Ford

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John Emery notableWork Blood on the Sun
Frank Faylen notableWork Blood on the Sun
Frank Faylen appearedIn Blood on the Sun
Sophia Kosow notableWork Blood on the Sun
Sophia Kosow appearedIn Blood on the Sun