Blood on the Sun

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Blood on the Sun
Directed by	Frank Lloyd
Produced by	William Cagney
Written by	Garrett Fort Lester Cole
Starring	James Cagney Sylvia Sidney Porter Hall
Music by	Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Editing by	Walter Hannemann
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	April 26 1945
Running time	98 min
Language	English
Budget	?
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Blood on the Sun is a 1945 film starring James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney. The film is based on the history behind the Tanaka Memorial document.

The film won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for a Black & White film in 1945. A computer-colorized version of the film was created in 1993.

[edit] Synopsis

In pre-World War II Tokyo an American newspaper editor working for an English-language daily paper aimed at the American business community is given a document relating to Japan's foreign affairs which could have political ramifications if found. He meets up with Iris Hilliard, a woman who wants to secure the document even if it means dealing with the Japanese secret police and their threats.

[edit] Cast

• James Cagney as Nick Condon
• Sylvia Sidney as Iris Hilliard
• Porter Hall as Arthur Bickett
• John Emery as Premier Giichi Tanaka
• Robert Armstrong as Col. Hideki Tojo
• Wallace Ford as Ollie Miller
• Rosemary DeCamp as Edith Miller
• John Halloran as Capt. Oshima
• Leonard Strong as Hijikata
• James Bell as Charley Sprague
• Marvin Miller as Yamada
• Rhys Williams as Joseph Cassell
• Frank Puglia as Prince Tatsugi
• Hugh Beaumont as Johnny Clarke

[edit] Trivia

• Cagney learned judo for the action sequences of the film. His instructor was John Halloran, a former Los Angeles police officer who played a minor role in the film.

• The bar at the beginning of the film is an exact replica of the bar in Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.