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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   831 votes
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Director:
Aleksandr Sokurov
Writers:
Yuri Arabov (writer)
Jeremy Noble (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
8 April 2005 (Estonia) more
Genre:
Drama | History more
Plot:
Third part in Aleksandr Sokurov's tetrology, following "Moloch" and "Taurus", focuses on Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Japan's defeat in World War II when he is finally confronted by Gen. Douglas MacArthur who offers him to accept a diplomatic defeat for survival. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
A brilliant movie more (16 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Issei Ogata ... Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito

Robert Dawson ... General Douglas MacArthur (as Robert Dawson)
Kaori Momoi ... Empress Kojun
Shirô Sano ... The chamberlain
Shinmei Tsuji ... Old servant
Taijiro Tamura ... Scientist
Georgi Pitskhelauri ... McArthur's warrant officer
Hiroya Morita ... Suzuki, Prime Minister
Toshiaki Nishizawa ... Yonai, Minister of the Navy
Naomasa Musaka ... Anami, Minister of the War
Yusuke Tozawa ... Kido
Kôjirô Kusanagi ... Togo, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Tetsuro Tsuno ... General Umezu
Rokuro Abe ... General Toyoda
Jun Haichi ... Abe, Minister of the Interior
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Солнце (Russia)
Il sole (Italy)
Le soleil (France)
The Sun (International: English title)
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Runtime:
115 min | Japan:110 min | Hong Kong:110 min | Canada:110 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Language:
Japanese | English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Nikola Film more

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Trivia:
Aleksandr Sokurov kept the name of the actor playing the Emperor secret, since it is taboo in Japan to play an Emperor on film. Sokurov was afraid for the safety of the actor, after Nagisa Ôshima told him there have been two attempts on his life after he criticized Imperial Japan during WWII. more
Quotes:
Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito: Our chances of victory in the war with the west were 50 out of 100. Germany's chances in this war were 100 out of 100.
General Douglas MacArthur: What are you talking about?
Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito: I'm talking about the alliance with Germany.
General Douglas MacArthur: Well, that is all in the past. There is only one unresolved issue left. That is the issue of your fate.
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Movie Connections:
Follows Molokh (1999) more
Soundtrack:
4th & 5th movements from UNACCOMPANIED CELLO SUITE NO.5 C-MINOR, BWV. 1011 more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
A brilliant movie, 7 September 2005
10/10
Author: Vikram Pakrashi from Ireland

It's been a week that I have seen The Sun. I would say that this is one of the best movies I have seen in recent times. Initially I went to watch the film with some qualms about Sokurov's over-ambitious (so I thought) project. 5 minutes into the film and I knew that I was watching a real good movie- hat's off. The subtle interplay of characters, the thought process of the emperor, the surroundings, the Americans will seem all too real. The film is slow in terms of change of events- but you will never feel it. The emperor Hirohita ad the human Hirohita and the obscure line between them is fabulous. It is like going through a brief period of emperors life right in front of him. Mark my words, you'll like it! Vikram

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