Black Sun

1h 35m
Drama
6.5

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.

Cast

Tamio Kawachi
Akira
Chico Lourant
Gill
Tatsuya Fuji
Akira's Buddy
Yuko Chishiro
Yuki
Hideji Ōtaki
Old Man at the Junk Shop
Shogen Nitta
Engineer
Zenji Yamada
Owner
Ryusei Ito
Unknown
Tōru Sumikawa
Cop E
Gō Kuroda
Cop D
Takashi Nomura
Unknown
Yū Izumi
Unknown
Hiroshi Chiyoda
Unknown
Toshizō Kudō
Cop A
Hyōe Enoki
Unknown
Katsumi Ishizaki
Unknown
Yūzō Harumi
Unknown
Masaaki Yamamoto
Unknown
Kôji Sugiura
Unknown
Hiroshi Atami
Cop B
Toshihiko Oda
Unknown
Hayato Tani
Unknown
Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
Cop C
Chigusa Takayama
Grocery store proprietress
Midori Mori
Hitchhiking woman B
Kasumi Motegi
Hitchhiking woman
Setsuko Watanabe
Unknown
Minoru Nakane
Unknown
Shinsuke Nagasawa
Unknown
Shinji Sasaki
Unknown
Yoshio Sugawara
Unknown

Crew

Koreyoshi Kurahara
Director
Nobuo Yamada
Screenplay
Tensei Kono
Story
Mitsuji Kanau
Editor, Director of Photography
Akira Suzuki
Editor
Yukihiko Kondo
Assistant Director
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Max Roach
Musician
Kazuhiko Chiba
Art Direction

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