Drama · Japan · 1964 · 1h 35m

Black Sun

黒い太陽

Black Sun poster
Director
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Cast
Tamio Kawachi as Akira Chico Lourant as Gill Tatsuya Fuji as Akira's Buddy Yuko Chishiro as Yuki Hideji Ōtaki as Old Man at the Junk Shop Shogen Nitta as Engineer
Crew
Mitsuji Kanau — Director of Photography Mitsuji Kanau — Editor Akira Suzuki — Editor Toshirō Mayuzumi — Original Music Composer Nobuo Yamada — Screenplay Tensei Kono — Story
Synopsis

Akira, a young, jazz-obsessed drifter, returns to his squat, a ruined church, and finds Gill, a wounded African-American GI, on the run after the death of a white GI. Despite terrible misunderstandings and culture clash, Akira agrees to help Gill escape towards the sea, dodging military police along the way.

Key Collaborators
Koreyoshi Kurahara Director Mitsuji Kanau Director of Photography Mitsuji Kanau Editor Akira Suzuki Editor Toshirō Mayuzumi Original Music Composer Nobuo Yamada Screenplay Tensei Kono Story
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