The Sun (film)
| The Sun | |
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| Directed by | Alexander Sokurov |
| Written by | Yuri Arabov Jeremy Noble |
| Produced by | Igor Kallenof Marco Mueller Andrei Sigle Alexander Rodnyansky |
| Starring | Issey Ogata Robert Dawson |
| Cinematography | Alexander Sokurov |
| Edited by | Sergei Ivanov |
| Music by | Andrei Sigle |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Countries | Russia Italy Switzerland France |
| Languages | Japanese English |
The Sun (Russian: Сóлнце, Solntse) is a 2005 Russian biographical film directed by Alexander Sokurov, depicting Japanese Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) during the final days of World War II. It is the third film in a trilogy by the Russian director, that includes Taurus, about Vladimir Lenin, and Moloch, about Adolf Hitler. The film was entered in the 55th Berlin International Film Festival. It received generally positive reviews from critics.