Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

A tragicomic road movie through Edo-period Japan that balances humor and pathos as a samurai and his companions encounter various human struggles and social inequities.

Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – 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.