The Day the Sun Rose

The Day the Sun Rose

168 mins | Drama | Nov. 23, 1968

Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in peaceful celebration.

The Day the Sun Rose

168 mins | Drama | Nov. 23, 1968

The Day the Sun Rose

Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in peaceful celebration.

Producers	Nippon Eiga Fukko Kyokai
Original title	祇園祭
Directors	Daisuke Itō
Writers	Katsumi Nishiguchi, Kunio Shimizu, Naoyuki Suzuki

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

as Shinkichi

Toshirō Mifune

as

Shima Iwashita

as Ayame

Takahiro Tamura

as

Eitarō Ozawa

as

Kunie Tanaka

as

Tomo'o Nagai

as

Orie Satō

as

Hisako Takihana

as

Kamatari Fujiwara

as

Masami Shimojô

as

Ryōsuke Kagawa

as

Shinsuke Mikimoto

as

Tsutomu Shimomoto

as

Takashi Shimura

as

Kiyoshi Atsumi

as

Ken Takakura

as

Katsuo Nakamura

as

Eitarô Matsuyama

as

Shirō Ōtsuji

as

Kinya Kitaoji

as

Yūnosuke Itō

as

Hibari Misora

as