Film
Black Sun
1964· 1h 35m· Drama
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.
1964-04-24
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DirectorKoreyoshi Kurahara
ScreenplayNobuo Yamada
Director of PhotographyMitsuji Kanau
Original Music ComposerToshirō Mayuzumi
EditorAkira Suzuki
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Details
Released1964-04-24
Runtime1h 35m
StatusReleased
StudiosNikkatsu Corporation
LanguagesJapanese
CountriesJapan
Rating6.5/10 · 11 votes
Original languageja
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