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The Sun

Aleksandr Sokurov

2005 • 1h 51m

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

The Sun

Cast

Issey Ogata

Issey OgataEmperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito

Robert Dawson

Robert DawsonGeneral Douglas MacArthur

Kaori Momoi

Kaori MomoiEmpress Kojun

Shiro Sano

Shiro SanoThe chamberlain

Dmitriy Podnozov

Dmitriy Podnozov

Shinmei TsujiOld servant

Taijirō Tamura

Taijirō Tamurascientist

Georgi Pitskhelauri

Georgi Pitskhelaurimidshipman

Hiroya MoritaSuzuki, Prime Minister

Toshiaki Nishizawa

Toshiaki NishizawaYonai, Minister of the Navy

Naomasa Musaka

Naomasa MusakaAnami, Minister of the War

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Kōjirō KusanagiTogo, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Tetsurō TsunoGeneral Umezu

Jun HaichiAbe, Minister of the Interior

Kojun Ito

Kojun ItoHironuma

Crew

Aleksandr Sokurov

Aleksandr SokurovDirector

Yuriy Arabov

Yuriy ArabovWriter

Igor Kalenov

Igor KalenovProducer

Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre

Antoine de Clermont-TonnerreProducer

Andrey Sigle

Andrey SigleProducer

Andrei Zertsalov

Andrei ZertsalovProducer

Elena Zhukova

Elena ZhukovaProduction Design

Sergey Ivanov

Sergey IvanovEditor

Alexander Rodnyansky

Alexander RodnyanskyProducer

Evgeniy Grigorev

Evgeniy GrigorevExecutive Producer

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The Sun (2005) — Backlot Notes