The Sun
2005 · Movie · Not Rated · 111 min · ★ 6.7 · 89% critics
A re-imagination of Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s final days in power as WWII draws to a close.
Also known as Le soleil
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Details
- Original title
- Солнце
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-02-17
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (67 votes)
Themes
- world war ii
- biography
- japanese surrender
- 1940s
- general douglas macarthur
- history of japan
- japanese emperor
- hirohito
Cast & crew
Issey Ogata
as Emperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito
Robert Dawson
as General Douglas MacArthur
Kaori Momoi
as Empress Kojun
Shiro Sano
as The chamberlain
Dmitriy Podnozov
- ST
Shinmei Tsuji
as Old servant
Taijirō Tamura
as scientist
Georgi Pitskhelauri
as midshipman
- HM
Hiroya Morita
as Suzuki, Prime Minister
Toshiaki Nishizawa
as Yonai, Minister of the Navy
Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov