Movie·1979·2h 27m
The Man Who Stole the Sun
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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// overview
The Story
Original title: 太陽を盗んだ男
A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.
Producer
Kei Ijichi, Mataichirô Yamamoto
Cinematography
Tatsuo Suzuki
Music
Takayuki Inoue
Editor
Akira Suzuki
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Kenji Sawada
Makoto Kido
Bunta Sugawara
Inspector Yamashita
Kimiko Ikegami
Reiko Sawai
Kazuo Kitamura
Tanaka
Shigeru Kōyama
Nakayama
Kei Satō
Dr. Ichikawa
Yūnosuke Itō
Bus Hijacker
Eimei Esumi
Egawa
Hiroshi Gojo
Identikit Officer
Yudai Ishiyama
Detective Ishikawa
Rika Kayama
Student
Morio Kazama
Asai
Hōsei Komatsu
Loan Officer
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Suspect on TV News
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Technician of Phone Company
Yutaka Mizutani
Police Officer
Toshiyuki Nishida
Loan Collector
Saburō Shōji
Detective Mizushima
// crew
Crew
Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Director, Writer
Takayuki Inoue
Original Music Composer
Leonard Schrader
Screenplay, Story
Akira Suzuki
Editor
Kei Ijichi
Producer
Tatsuo Suzuki
Director of Photography
Mataichirô Yamamoto
Producer
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