Black Sun (1964)
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.
Director:
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Writer:
Nobuo Yamada
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Tamio Kawachi as Akira |
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Chico Lourant as Gill |
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Tatsuya Fuji as Akira's Buddy |
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Yuko Chishiro as Yuki |
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Hideji Ōtaki as Old Man at the Junk Shop |
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Shogen Nitta as Engineer |
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Zenji Yamada as Owner |
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Ryūsei Itō as |
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Tōru Sumikawa as Cop E |
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Gō Kuroda as Cop D |
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Takashi Nomura as |
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Yū Izumi as |
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Hiroshi Chiyoda as |
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Toshizō Kudō as Cop A |
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Hyōe Enoki as |
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Katsumi Ishizaki as |
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Yūzō Harumi as |
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Masaaki Yamamoto as |
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Kôji Sugiura as |
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Hiroshi Atami as Cop B |
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Toshihiko Oda as |
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Hayato Tani as |
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Yoshihiro Yamaguchi as Cop C |
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Chigusa Takayama as Grocery store proprietress |
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Midori Mori as Hitchhiking woman B |
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Kasumi Motegi as Hitchhiking woman |
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Setsuko Watanabe as |
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Minoru Nakane as |
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Shinsuke Nagasawa as |
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Shinji Sasaki as |
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Yoshio Sugawara as |
| Directing | Koreyoshi Kurahara | Director |
| Sound | Max Roach | Musician |
| Writing | Tensei Kono | Story |
| Editing | Mitsuji Kanau | Editor |
| Camera | Mitsuji Kanau | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki | Editor |
| Art | Kazuhiko Chiba | Art Direction |
| Writing | Nobuo Yamada | Screenplay |
| Directing | Yukihiko Kondo | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Toshirō Mayuzumi | Original Music Composer |