Black Sun

Black Sun

95 mins | Drama | April 24, 1964

Akira, a young, jazz-obsessed drifter, returns to his squat, a ruined church, and finds Gill, a wounded African-American GI, on the run after the death of a white GI. Despite terrible misunderstandings and culture clash, Akira agrees to help Gill escape towards the sea, dodging military police along the way.

Black Sun

95 mins | Drama | April 24, 1964

Black Sun
Akira, a young, jazz-obsessed drifter, returns to his squat, a ruined church, and finds Gill, a wounded African-American GI, on the run after the death of a white GI. Despite terrible misunderstandings and culture clash, Akira agrees to help Gill escape towards the sea, dodging military police along the way.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title 黒い太陽
Directors Yukihiko Kondo, Koreyoshi Kurahara
Writers Tensei Kono, Nobuo Yamada

Cast

Tamio Kawachi

as Akira

Chico Lourant

as Gill

Tatsuya Fuji

as Akira's Buddy

Yuko Chishiro

as Yuki

Hideji Ôtaki

as Old Man at the Junk Shop

Shogen Nitta

as Engineer

Zenji Yamada

as Owner

Tooru Sumikawa

as Cop E

Gô Kuroda

as Cop D

Toshizō Kudō

as Cop A

Hiroshi Atami

as Cop B

Chigusa Takayama

as Grocery store proprietress

Midori Mori

as Hitchhiking woman B

Kasumi Motegi

as Hitchhiking woman