Bloody Spear At Mount Fuji (Blu-ray)

Praised by Japanese film critics and much admired by his contemporaries Akira Kurosawa and Yasujir Ozu, Tomu Uchida nonetheless remains a little-known in the west. His 1955 masterpiece Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji is an excellent entry point for the newcomer.Set during the Edo period, Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji is a tragicomic road movie of sorts, following a samurai, his two servants including spear-carrier Genpachi (Chiez Kataoka) and the various people they meet on their journey, including a policeman in pursuit of a thief, a young child and a woman who is to be sold into prostitution.Winner of a prestigious Blue Ribbon Award for supporting actor and Kurosawa regular Daisuke Kat, Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji is a film deserving of much wider international recognition.