The Sun
February 17, 2005•1h 51m•★ 6.7
DramaHistory
A re-imagination of Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s final days in power as WWII draws to a close.
Director
Aleksandr SokurovWriters
Cast
Issey Ogata
Emperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito
Robert Dawson
General Douglas MacArthur
Kaori Momoi
Empress Kojun
Shiro Sano
The chamberlain
Dmitriy Podnozov
?
Shinmei Tsuji
Old servant
Taijirō Tamura
scientist
Georgi Pitskhelauri
midshipman
?
Hiroya Morita
Suzuki, Prime Minister
Toshiaki Nishizawa
Yonai, Minister of the Navy
Naomasa Musaka
Anami, Minister of the War
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Togo, Minister of Foreign Affairs
?
Tetsurō Tsuno
General Umezu
?
Jun Haichi
Abe, Minister of the Interior
Kojun Ito
Hironuma
Tōru Shinagawa
Sakomizu
Aleksandr Balsanov
?
Mikhail Terentyev
US army captain
Sergey Nozdrin
?
Vyacheslav Ivanov