The Sun

The Sun

111 mins | Drama, History | Feb. 17, 2005

A re-imagination of Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s final days in power as WWII draws to a close.

The Sun

111 mins | Drama, History | Feb. 17, 2005

The Sun
A re-imagination of Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s final days in power as WWII draws to a close.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers MACT Productions, Proline Film, Downtown Pictures, Nikola Film, Riforma Film
Original title Солнце
Directors Aleksandr Sokurov
Writers Jeremy Noble, Yuriy Arabov

Cast

Issey Ogata

as Emperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito

Robert Dawson

as General Douglas MacArthur

Kaori Momoi

as Empress Kojun

Shiro Sano

as The chamberlain

Shinmei Tsuji

as Old servant

Taijiro Tamura

as scientist

Georgi Pitskhelauri

as midshipman

Hiroya Morita

as Suzuki, Prime Minister

Toshiaki Nishizawa

as Yonai, Minister of the Navy

Naomasa Musaka

as Anami, Minister of the War

Kōjirō Kusanagi

as Togo, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Tetsuro Tsuno

as General Umezu

Jun Haichi

as Abe, Minister of the Interior

Kôjun Itô

as Hironuma

Tôru Shinagawa

as Sakomizu

Mikhail Terentyev

as US army captain

Valeriy Li

as victim of explosion