The Sun

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The Sun is a 2005 historical drama film by Russian director Alexander Sokurov that portrays Emperor Hirohito in the final days of World War II.

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instanceOf film
basedOn historical events
characterPortrayed Emperor Hirohito by Issei Ogata
cinematographyBy Alexei Fyodorov NERFINISHED
containsLanguage English
Japanese
Russian
countryOfOrigin Russia
depicts meetings between Emperor Hirohito and American occupation authorities
director Alexander Sokurov NERFINISHED
distributedBy Wellspring Media NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Japan NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
follows Moloch (1999 film) NERFINISHED
Taurus (2001 film) NERFINISHED
genre biographical film
drama film
war film
hasJapaneseTitle Taiyō NERFINISHED
hasRussianTitle Solntse NERFINISHED
historicalContext American occupation of Japan NERFINISHED
Pacific War NERFINISHED
leadActor Issei Ogata NERFINISHED
mainSubject Hirohito NERFINISHED
musicBy Andrey Sigle NERFINISHED
originalLanguage Japanese
Russian
partOf Alexander Sokurov’s power trilogy NERFINISHED
portrays Emperor Hirohito NERFINISHED
General Douglas MacArthur NERFINISHED
Japan’s surrender in World War II
premiereEvent 65th Venice International Film Festival NERFINISHED
producer Andrey Sigle NERFINISHED
productionCompany Lenfilm NERFINISHED
releaseYear 2005
runtime approximately 110 minutes
screenwriter Yuri Arabov NERFINISHED
settingPeriod final days of World War II
settingPlace Japan NERFINISHED
theme de-mythologizing the emperor
responsibility of leadership in wartime
transition from divinity to humanity of the emperor
timeSetting 1945
title The Sun NERFINISHED

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Kengo Kora notableWork The Sun