The Man Who Stole the Sun

The Man Who Stole the Sun

147 mins | Crime, Comedy, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction | Oct. 6, 1979

A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.

The Man Who Stole the Sun

147 mins | Crime, Comedy, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction | Oct. 6, 1979

The Man Who Stole the Sun
A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Kitty Films, Tristone Entertainment Inc.
Original title 太陽を盗んだ男
Directors Shinji Sômai, Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Writers Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Leonard Schrader

Cast

Kenji Sawada

as Makoto Kido

Bunta Sugawara

as Inspector Yamashita

Kimiko Ikegami

as Reiko Sawai (Zero)

Kazuo Kitamura

as Tanaka, the director of the National Police Agency

Shigeru Kôyama

as Nakayama

Kei Satō

as Dr. Ichikawa

Yūnosuke Itō

as Bus Hijacker

Eimei Esumi

as Egawa

Hiroshi Gojo

as Identikit Officer

Yudai Ishiyama

as Detective Ishikawa

Rika Kayama

as Student

Morio Kazama

as Asai

Hōsei Komatsu

as Loan Officer

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

as Suspect on tv news

Kōjirō Kusanagi

as Technician of Phone Company

Yutaka Mizutani

as Police Officer

Toshiyuki Nishida

as Loan Collector

Saburô Shôji

as Detective Mizushima

Chiaki Takayama

as Apartment Manager

Kyôko Togawa

as Student

Michiyo Yamazoe

as Student