The Sun

1h 51min

Drama

History

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

Production Companies

Nikola Film

Proline Film

Downtown Pictures

MACT Productions

Riforma Film

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
Shinmei Tsuji

Shinmei Tsuji

Old servant
Hiroya Morita

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

Tetsurō Tsuno

General Umezu
Jun Haichi

Jun Haichi

Abe, Minister of the Interior
Kojun Ito

Kojun Ito

Hironuma
Mikhail Terentyev

Mikhail Terentyev

US army captain
Valeriy Li

Valeriy Li

victim of explosion

Release date

17th Feb 2005

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語, English