The Sun's Burial

The Sun's Burial

87 mins | Drama | Aug. 9, 1960

In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of blood. Alliances constantly shift. Tatsu and Takeshi, friends since boyhood, reluctantly join Shin's gang. Shin's an upstart and moves his gang often to avoid the local kingpin. Hanoko is a young woman with ambitions: first she's in the blood business with her father, then she joins forces with Shin. She soon breaks off that partnership, even though she's taken the sensitive Takeshi under her wing. Double crosses multiply. Those with the closest bonds become each others' murderers.

The Sun's Burial

87 mins | Drama | Aug. 9, 1960

The Sun's Burial
In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of blood. Alliances constantly shift. Tatsu and Takeshi, friends since boyhood, reluctantly join Shin's gang. Shin's an upstart and moves his gang often to avoid the local kingpin. Hanoko is a young woman with ambitions: first she's in the blood business with her father, then she joins forces with Shin. She soon breaks off that partnership, even though she's taken the sensitive Takeshi under her wing. Double crosses multiply. Those with the closest bonds become each others' murderers.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 太陽の墓場
Directors Nagisa Ōshima
Writers Toshirô Ishidô, Nagisa Ōshima

Cast

Masahiko Tsugawa

as Shin, leader of gang

Kayoko Honoo

as Hanako

Isao Sasaki

as New gang member Takeshi

Fumio Watanabe

as Yosehei

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Batasuke, peddler

Tanie Kitabayashi

as Chika, Batasuke's wife

Junzaburō Ban

as Yotsematsu, Hanako's father

Yūsuke Kawazu

as Yasu

Kei Satō

as Sakaguchi, doctor

Rokkō Toura

as Masa, vize leader

Kunie Tanaka

as Thief

Asao Koike

as Black Glasses