The Day the Sun Rose (1968)
Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in peaceful celebration.
Director:
Tetsuya Yamanouchi
Writers:
Kunio Shimizu, Naoyuki Suzuki.
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Kinnosuke Nakamura as Shinkichi |
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Toshirō Mifune as Kumaza |
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Shima Iwashita as Ayame |
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Takahiro Tamura as |
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Eitarō Ozawa as |
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Kunie Tanaka as |
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Tomo'o Nagai as |
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Orie Satō as |
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Hisako Takihana as |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as |
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Masami Shimojō as |
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Ryōsuke Kagawa as |
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Shinsuke Mikimoto as |
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Tsutomu Shimomoto as |
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Takashi Shimura as |
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Kiyoshi Atsumi as |
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Ken Takakura as |
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Katsuo Nakamura as |
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Eitarō Matsuyama as |
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Shirō Ōtsuji as |
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Kinya Kitaoji as |
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Yūnosuke Itō as |
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Hibari Misora as |
| Writing | Katsumi Nishiguchi | Original Story |
| Directing | Tetsuya Yamanouchi | Director |
| Writing | Kunio Shimizu | Screenplay |
| Writing | Naoyuki Suzuki | Screenplay |
| Directing | 宮嶋八蔵 | Assistant Director |
| Directing | 萩原将司 | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Shintarō Kawasaki | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Norimichi Igawa | Art Direction |
| Sound | Hiroo Nozu | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Haruo Nakayama | Gaffer |
| Editing | Katsumi Kawai | Editor |