72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Taiyo wo nusunda otoko / The Man Who Stole the Sun / The Man Who Stole the Sun

Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Japan
Synopsis
Makoto, a high school science teacher, is a lonely individual who has for some time been hatching a plot to make an atomic bomb. Filled with Dutch courage after surviving a bus hijack, he steals plutonium and gets down to work. Now that he?s made the bomb, Makoto has fun blackmailing the authorities with trivialities like having them broadcast baseball games with no commercial breaks.
Director
Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Screenplay
Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Leonard Schrader
Photography
Tatsuo Suzuki
Music
Takayuki Inoue
Cast
Kenji Sawada, Bunta Sugawara, Kimiko Ikegami, Yûnosuke Itô
Running Time
147 m.
Country
Japan
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