- Country: France, Italy, Russia, Switzerland
- Genres: Drama, History
- Release: 2005-11-18
- Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
- Writers: Yuriy Arabov , Jeremy Noble (II)
- Language: Japanese | English
- Stars: Issey Ogata , Robert Dawson , Kaori Momoi , Shiro Sano , Shinmei Tsuji , Taijirô Tamura , Georgiy Pitskhelauri , Hiroya Morita , Toshiaki Nishizawa , Naomasa Musaka
- Runtime: 110 min
- Awards: 6 wins & 9 nominations
- AKA: O Sol (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Sun (Finland) , Solntse , El sol (Argentina) , Die Sonne (Germany) , O Sol (Brazil) , Le soleil (Canada) , O ilios (Greece) , Il sole (Italy) , A nap (Hungary) , Le soleil (France, French Republic) , Sunce (Serbia) , El sol (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Słońce (Poland) , The Sun (Canada) , The Sun (United Kingdom) , Päike (Estonia) , The Sun , 日之丸 (Hong Kong) , 太陽(2005) (Japan) , Солнце (Russian Federation)
- Plot:
Biographical film depicting Japanese Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) during the final days of World War II. The film is the third drama in director Aleksandr Sokurov’s trilogy, which included Taurus about the Soviet Union’s Vladimir Lenin and Moloch about Nazi Germany’s Adolf Hitler.
- IMDB:tt0439817
The Sun Cast · · · ALL
Aleksandr Sokurov
Director
Issey Ogata
Emperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito
Robert Dawson
General Douglas MacArthur
Kaori Momoi
Empress Kojun
Shiro Sano
The chamberlain
Dmitriy Podnozov
Shinmei Tsuji
Old servant
Georgiy Pitskhelauri
midshipman
Hiroya Morita
Suzuki, Prime Minister
Toshiaki Nishizawa
Yonai, Minister of the Navy
Naomasa Musaka
Anami, Minister of the War
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Togo, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Tôru Shinagawa
Sakomizu