Product Information
Profiling the downfall of the Japanese Empire during the Second World War in August 1945 from a Japanese point of view. Features the events leading up to the famous speech from the Japanese Emperor Hirohito, as he commands his people to stop fighting, denounces his divine status and makes arrangements for peace with America and the allies.Product Identifiers
ProducerAndrei Sigle, Igor Kalenov, Marco Muller
EAN5021866307305
eBay Product ID (ePID)50642116
Product Key Features
ActorRobert Dawson, Issey Ogata
Film/TV TitleThe Sun
DirectorAlexandr Sokurov
LanguageEnglish\Japanese
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time115 Mins
FormatDVD
Release Year2006
FeaturesWith Subtitles
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureRussia
ComposerAndrei Sigle
ReviewsThe Guardian - A masterpiece... Daring, disturbing and gripping... Brilliant., bbc.co.uk - A companion piece to 'Downfall'., Screen International - Alexander Sokurov's study of Emperor Hirohito... A must see.
ScreenwriterYuri Abarov
Movie/TV TitleThe Sun
Consumer AdviceContains mild language and images of war