The Sun (2009)

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NR | 1 hr 55 mins | Drama, Foreign | Now Playing

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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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