Blood Is Dry

Blood Is Dry

1960 · 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.

Directed by Yoshishige Yoshida · Written by Yoshishige Yoshida

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