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The Sun

A re-imagination of Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s final days in power as WWII draws to a close.

1h 51m2005TMDb 6.7

DramaHistory

Russian

Crew and Cast

Aleksandr SokurovAleksandr SokurovDirectorIssey OgataIssey OgataEmperor Shouwa-Tennou HirohitoRobert DawsonRobert DawsonGeneral Douglas MacArthurKaori MomoiKaori MomoiEmpress KojunShiro SanoShiro SanoThe chamberlainDmitriy PodnozovDmitriy Podnozov
Shinmei TsujiOld servantTaijirō TamuraTaijirō TamurascientistGeorgi PitskhelauriGeorgi Pitskhelaurimidshipman
Hiroya MoritaSuzuki · Prime MinisterToshiaki NishizawaToshiaki NishizawaYonai · Minister of the NavyNaomasa MusakaNaomasa MusakaAnami · Minister of the WarKōjirō KusanagiKōjirō KusanagiTogo · Minister of Foreign Affairs
Tetsurō TsunoGeneral Umezu
Jun HaichiAbe · Minister of the InteriorKojun ItoKojun ItoHironumaTōru ShinagawaTōru ShinagawaSakomizuAleksandr BalsanovAleksandr Balsanov
Mikhail TerentyevUS army captainSergey NozdrinSergey Nozdrin
Vyacheslav IvanovValeriy LiValeriy Livictim of explosionLaura PitskhelauriLaura PitskhelauriAleksandr AleksandrovAleksandr AleksandrovValeriy SklyarovValeriy SklyarovPavel KornakovPavel KornakovVadim BadmacyrenovVadim BadmacyrenovFilipp ShkolnikFilipp Shkolnik

Storyline

A re-imagination of Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s final days in power as WWII draws to a close.

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Info

Original title
Солнце
Status
Released
Released
17 February 2005
Runtime
1h 51m
TMDB score
6.7 / 10 (71 votes)

Production

Director
Aleksandr Sokurov
Writers
Yuriy Arabov, Jeremy Noble
Studios
Nikola Film, Proline Film, Downtown Pictures
Countries
Italy, Russia, France

Box Office

Revenue
$217,379.0

Languages

Original
Russian
Spoken
Japanese, English