The Sun (Солнце) 19 years old

The Sun

Biographical film depicting Japanese Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) during the final days of World War II. The film is the third drama in director Aleksandr Sokurov's trilogy, which included Taurus about the Soviet Union's Vladimir Lenin and Moloch about Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler.

Credits

The Sun Cast

Name Character
Shirō Sano He was 50, now 69 years old as The chamberlain
Issei Ogata He was 53, now 72 years old as Emperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito
Kaori Momoi She was 53, now 72 years old as Empress Kojun
Robert Dawson He was 17, now 36 years old as General Douglas MacArthur (as Robert Dawson)

The Sun Crew

Name Department
Aleksandr Sokurov as Director. He was 54 (now 73) years old Directing
Yuriy Arabov as Writer. He was 50 (now 70) years old Writing
Jeremy Noble as Writer. He was 45 (now 64) years old Writing
Alexandr Rodnyansky as Producer. He was 44 (now 63) years old Production
The Sun poster
The Sun (19 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, February 17, 2005
  • Runtime: 110 minutes