The Sun (2009)



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Synopsis:
Japan in the summer of 1945. On 15 August, millions of Japanese hear the voice of Japanese Emperor Hirohito for the first time. In his address to the nation, he commands his army and his people to cease all fighting. This announcement enables the Allies to land on Japan’s islands without encountering any form of resistance. With his appeal, the Emperor saves the lives of millions of Japanese who were prepared to fight to the death for their emperor and their country. It also saves the lives of thousands of Americans and Chinese, Britons and Russians. In spite of this act, the victorious powers insist that the Emperor appear before a military tribunal. Commander-in-chief of the American occupying forces in Japan, General Douglas McArthur, advises his own President not to declare Emperor Hirohito a war criminal. This is the story of the meetings between these two men...

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
11/18/2009
Director Credit
Alexander Sokurov Director
Cast Credit
Issey Ogata Emperor
Kaori Momoi Empress
Shirô Sano Chamberlain
Robert Dawson General MacArthur
Shinmei Tsuji Old Servant
Taijiro Tamura Director of the Institute
Georgy Pitskhelauri Adjutant of General
Hiroya Morita Prime Miister Suzuki Kantaro
Toshiaki Nishizawa Navy Minister Admiral Yonai
Naomasa Musaka War Minister Anami
Yusuke Tozawa Lord-Keeper of the Privy Seal Kido
Kojiro Kusanagi Foreign Minister Togo
Tetsuro Tsuno General Umezu
Rokuro Abe General Toyoda
Jun Haichi Minister of Internal Affairs Abe
Kojun Ito President of the Privy Council Hironuma
Toru Shinagawa Chief Cabinet Secretary Sakomizu
Production Credits Credit
Viviana Queirolo-Bertoglio Associate Producer
Evgeny Grigoriev Executive Producer
Igor Kalenov Producer
Alexander Rodnyansky Co-Producer
Andrey Zertsalov Co-Producer
Marco Muller Producer
Antoine De Clermont-Tonnerre Co-Producer
Andrei Sigle Producer
Production Companies Credit
Nikola Film Production Company
Proline Film Production Company
Downtown Pictures Production Company
Riforma Film Production Production Company
RAI Cinema Production Company
Istituto Luce S.p.A Production Company
Lenfilm Studios Production Company
Russian Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography Production Company
CNC Production Company
MACT Productions Production Company
CTC Media Production Company
Distribution Companies Credit
Lorber Media Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Artificial Eye Film Company, Ltd. Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Kabocha Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Writer Credit
Yuri Arabov Screenplay
Jeremi Noble Screenplay - Dialogue
Art Department Credit
Elena Zhukova Art Director
Yury Kuper Production Designer
Film Camera Credit
Alexander Sokurov Director of Photography
Anatoly Rodionov Camera Operator
Film Sales Financing Credit
The Works International Distribution Sales International Sales
Music Credit
Andrei Sigle Original Music
Physical Effects Credit
Alexander Kudriavtsev Pyrotechnics
Vladimir Voronin Pyrotechnics
Alexander Yakovlev Pyrotechnics
Vladimir Khromov Pyrotechnics
Viktor Klimov Pyrotechnics
Production Management Credit
Irina Nikulina Assistant Director
Filipp Vsemirnov Assistant Director
Mikhail Alexeev Assistant Director
Irina Melnikova Assistant Director
Margarita Afonina Assistant Director
Toru Soma Assistant Director
Vladimir Vareshniuk Assistant Director
Sound Credit
Sergey Moshkov Sound
Wardrobe Hair Makeup Credit
Galina Khalistova Wardrobe - Wardrobe Master
Svetlana Kholod Makeup
Lidia Krukova Costume Designer
Zhanna Rodionova Makeup Designer

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