The Sun (2005)

Name: The Sun
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2005-02-17
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Issey Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi, Shirô Sano, Dmitriy Podnozov

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110 min★ 7.3 · 3,127 votes

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

Release date: February 17, 2005
Country of origin: Italy, Switzerland, France, Russia
Box office: $217,379

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Cast

Issey Ogata as Emperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito
Robert Dawson as General Douglas MacArthur
Kaori Momoi as Empress Kojun
Shirô Sano as The chamberlain
Dmitriy Podnozov
Shinmei Tsuji as Old servant
Taijirô Tamura as Scientist
Georgiy Pitskhelauri as McArthur's warrant officer
Hiroya Morita as Suzuki, Prime Minister
Toshiaki Nishizawa as Yonai, Minister of the Navy
Naomasa Musaka as Anami - Minister of War
Kōjirō Kusanagi as Togo, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Jun Haichi as Abe, Minister of the Interior
Tôru Shinagawa as Sakomizu
Laura Pitskhelauri

Crew

Aleksandr Sokurov · Director
Yuriy Arabov · Writer
Jeremy Noble · Writer
Igor Kalyonov · Producer
Marco Müller · Producer
Andrey Sigle · Producer
Andrey Sigle · Composer
Aleksandr Sokurov · Cinematographer
Sergey Ivanov · Editor
Elena Zhukova · Production designer