Salaryman Takashi pulls a gun and holds it against his temple, declaring that he doesn't care what happens to him as long as the company keeps his other colleagues.
The campaign is a huge success, and Takashi slowly takes a liking in his role of a man who conveys hope and optimism.
Blood Is Dry was released on 9 October 1960[1][2] as part of a double bill with Nagisa Ōshima's Night and Fog in Japan.
[5] It was pulled out of the cinemas by producer and distributor Shochiku a few days later together with Ōshima's film[5] in the wake of the assassination of Japanese Socialist Party politician Inejirō Asanuma by far right student Otoya Yamaguchi.
[6] Blood Is Dry was screened at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, in 2008[7] and at the Harvard Film Archive in 2009[8] as part of retrospectives on Yoshida's work.