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Solnze

The Sun
Il Sole

Switzerland / Russian Federation / Italy / France, February 2005
FILM, Fiction, 107 min.

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directed by
Alexsandr Sokurov
Written by
Alexsandr Sokurov
Status
In distribution

On August 15th, Emperor Hirohito made a public appeal to his people to stop all military operations. The Sun portrays the events transpiring between two decisions made by this regal person that were of historical proportion. They are the declaration of surrender in the WWII and renunciation of his divine status.

Il 15 Agosto, l’imperatore Hirohito fece un pubblico appello al suo popolo affinché cessassero le operazioni militari. Il film racconta i risvolti che stanno dietro le due decisioni cruciali prese da Hirohito: decisioni che si rivelarono di grande importanza storica. La prima fu la dichiarazione di resa durante la seconda guerra mondiale, e l’altra la rinuncia al suo stato divino.

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World Premiere
February 2005
Original Version
Japanese, English,  colour, 35mm, 107 min.
Production
Riforma Film SA, Nikola-Film Ltd, Proline-Film Ltd, Downtown Pictures Srl, Mact Productions, RAI Cinema, CTC Network Television
Producer
Igor Kalenov, Andrei Sigle, Marco Müller
directed by
Alexsandr Sokurov
Written by
Alexsandr Sokurov
Cinemato­graphy
Alexsandr Sokurov
Editing
Sergey Ivanov
Music
Andrei Sigle
Location Sound Mix
Anatolij Rodionov
Production Design
Elena Zhukova, Yury Kuper
Costumes
Lidia Krukova

Cast

Issey Ogata
Robert Dawson
Kaori Momoi
Shiro Sano
Shinmei Tsuji
Taijiro Tamura

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