Overview
A re-imagination of Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s final days in power as WWII draws to a close.
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Box office
Grossed $217K worldwide
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Setting
Set in Japan
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Music
Music by Andrey Sigle
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Alexander Sokurov
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Jeremy NobleWriter
- Yuriy ArabovWriter
- Original title
- Солнце
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 17, 2005
- Original language
- Russian
- Revenue
- $217.4K
- Countries
- Italy, Russia, France, Switzerland
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Cast
Issey OgataEmperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito
Robert DawsonGeneral Douglas MacArthur
Kaori MomoiEmpress Kojun
Shiro SanoThe chamberlain
Dmitriy Podnozov- Shinmei TsujiOld servant
Taijirō Tamurascientist
Georgi Pitskhelaurimidshipman- Hiroya MoritaSuzuki, Prime Minister
Toshiaki NishizawaYonai, Minister of the Navy
Naomasa MusakaAnami, Minister of the War
Kōjirō KusanagiTogo, Minister of Foreign Affairs- Tetsurō TsunoGeneral Umezu
- Jun HaichiAbe, Minister of the Interior
Kojun ItoHironuma
Tōru ShinagawaSakomizu
Aleksandr Balsanov- Mikhail TerentyevUS army captain
Sergey Nozdrin- Vyacheslav Ivanov
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