The Sun

The Sun

2005•1h 51m•6.7/10

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🎬TMDb

6.7/10(67)

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

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Production

Nikola Film, Proline Film, Downtown Pictures, MACT Productions, Riforma Film

Language

RU

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Issey Ogata

Issey Ogata

Emperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito

Robert Dawson

Robert Dawson

General Douglas MacArthur

Kaori Momoi

Kaori Momoi

Empress Kojun

Shiro Sano

Shiro Sano

The chamberlain

Dmitriy Podnozov

Dmitriy Podnozov

Shinmei Tsuji

Old servant

Taijirō Tamura

Taijirō Tamura

scientist

Georgi Pitskhelauri

Georgi Pitskhelauri

midshipman

Hiroya Morita

Suzuki, Prime Minister

Toshiaki Nishizawa

Toshiaki Nishizawa

Yonai, Minister of the Navy

Naomasa Musaka

Naomasa Musaka

Anami, Minister of the War

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Togo, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Tetsurō Tsuno

General Umezu

Jun Haichi

Abe, Minister of the Interior

Kojun Ito

Kojun Ito

Hironuma

Tōru Shinagawa

Tōru Shinagawa

Sakomizu

Aleksandr Balsanov

Aleksandr Balsanov

Mikhail Terentyev

US army captain

Sergey Nozdrin

Sergey Nozdrin

Vyacheslav Ivanov

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