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Blood Is Dry (1960)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 27M

Director : Yoshishige Yoshida
Writer : Yoshishige Yoshida

Synopsis

An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own advantage by turning the incident into an advertising campaign. With the success of the campaign, however, he is no longer a desperate man pointing a gun to his head, but a potential leader who wishes to take advantage of his failed suicide.

Actors

Keiji Sada
Keiji Sada
Takashi Kiguchi
Shinichirô Mikami
Shinichirô Mikami
Harada
Mari Yoshimura
Mari Yoshimura
Yuki Nonaka
Masao Oda
Masao Oda
Kaneko Iwasaki
Kaneko Iwasaki
Ikuyo
Asao Sano
Asao Sano
Yūko Kashiwagi
Yūko Kashiwagi
Takamaru Sasaki
Takamaru Sasaki
Ichirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai
Shinjiro Matsuzaki
Shinjiro Matsuzaki
Takeshi Hasegawa
Takeshi Hasegawa
Hirayoshi Aono
Hirayoshi Aono
Miyoko Nakamura
Miyoko Nakamura
Masahiko Arima
Masahiko Arima
Akio Tanaka
Akio Tanaka
Rokkō Toura
Rokkō Toura
Yukari Yamashina
Yukari Yamashina
Actress B
Keiko Hori
Keiko Hori
Actress A
Takeo Matsushita
Takeo Matsushita
Ichiro Mikuni
Ichiro Mikuni
Jun'ichi Tanaka
Jun'ichi Tanaka
Chiharu Kuri
Chiharu Kuri
Jenny Aida
Jenny Aida
Shigeomi Satō
Shigeomi Satō

Crews

Yoshishige Yoshida
Yoshishige Yoshida
Director
Takeshi Sasaki
Takeshi Sasaki
Executive Producer
Tōichirō Narushima
Tōichirō Narushima
Director of Photography
Hikaru Hayashi
Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer
Kiminobu Satô
Kiminobu Satô
Art Direction
Toshio Tanaka
Toshio Tanaka
Sound Recordist
Akio Tamura
Akio Tamura
Lighting Technician
Yoshi Sugihara
Yoshi Sugihara
Editor
Yoshishige Yoshida
Yoshishige Yoshida
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