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Blood Is Dry
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Blood Is Dry

1960-10-09 · 87 min · ★ 6.3

Drama

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.

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Directors
Yoshishige Yoshida
Production companies
Shochiku
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Keiji SadaKeiji SadaTakashi Kiguchi
Shinichirō MikamiShinichirō MikamiHarada
Mari YoshimuraMari YoshimuraYuki Nonaka
Masao OdaMasao Oda
Kaneko IwasakiKaneko IwasakiIkuyo
Asao SanoAsao Sano
Yūko KashiwagiYūko Kashiwagi
Takamaru SasakiTakamaru Sasaki
Ichirō SugaiIchirō Sugai
Shinjiro Matsuzaki
Takeshi Hasegawa
Hirayoshi AonoHirayoshi Aono
Miyoko Nakamura
Masahiko Arima
Akio Tanaka
Rokkō TouraRokkō Toura
Yukari YamashinaActress B
Keiko HoriActress A
Takeo Matsushita
Ichiro MikuniIchiro Mikuni

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