The Day the Sun Rose

2h 48m
Drama
7

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.

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura
Shinkichi
Toshirō Mifune
Kumaza
Shima Iwashita
Ayame
Takahiro Tamura
Unknown
Eitarō Ozawa
Unknown
Kunie Tanaka
Unknown
Tomo'o Nagai
Unknown
Orie Satō
Unknown
Hisako Takihana
Unknown
Kamatari Fujiwara
Unknown
Masami Shimojō
Unknown
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Unknown
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Unknown
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Unknown
Takashi Shimura
Unknown
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Unknown
Ken Takakura
Unknown
Katsuo Nakamura
Unknown
Eitarō Matsuyama
Unknown
Shirō Ōtsuji
Unknown
Kinya Kitaoji
Unknown
Yūnosuke Itō
Unknown
Hibari Misora
Unknown

Crew

Tetsuya Yamanouchi
Director
Naoyuki Suzuki
Screenplay
Kunio Shimizu
Screenplay
Katsumi Kawai
Editor
Shintarō Kawasaki
Director of Photography
宮嶋八蔵
Assistant Director
萩原将司
Assistant Director
Hiroo Nozu
Sound Recordist
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Haruo Nakayama
Gaffer
Katsumi Nishiguchi
Original Story
Norimichi Igawa
Art Direction

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