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The Man Who Stole the Sun

The Man Who Stole the Sun
★ 7.4/10•1979•2h 27m•Crime•Thriller•Drama

A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.

Kazuhiko Hasegawa · Director

Leonard Schrader · Screenplay

Kazuhiko Hasegawa · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 27m
LanguageJA
Release DateOct 6, 1979

Actors

Kenji Sawada

Kenji Sawada

Makoto Kido

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Inspector Yamashita

Kimiko Ikegami

Kimiko Ikegami

Reiko Sawai

Kazuo Kitamura

Kazuo Kitamura

Tanaka

Shigeru Kōyama

Shigeru Kōyama

Nakayama

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Dr. Ichikawa

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Bus Hijacker

Eimei Esumi

Eimei Esumi

Egawa

Hiroshi Gojo

Identikit Officer

Yudai Ishiyama

Yudai Ishiyama

Detective Ishikawa

Rika Kayama

Student

Morio Kazama

Morio Kazama

Asai

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Loan Officer

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Suspect on TV News

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Technician of Phone Company

Yutaka Mizutani

Yutaka Mizutani

Police Officer

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