Black Sun (1964)
1h 35m
Running Time
April 24, 1964Release Date
Black Sun (1964)
1h 35m
Running Time
April 24, 1964Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
SubsCurrently Black Sun is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
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Cast & Crew.
Tamio Kawachi
Akira
Chico Lourant
Gill
Yuko Chishiro
Yuki
Hideji Ōtaki
Old Man at the Junk Shop
Shogen Nitta
Engineer
Zenji Yamada
Owner
Tatsuya Fuji
Akira's Buddy
Tooru Sumikawa
Cop E
Ryusei Ito
Actor
Toshizō Kudō
Actor
Gō Kuroda
Actor
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Director
Tensei Kono
Writer
Nobuo Yamada
Writer
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Composer
Mitsuji Kanau
Cinematographer
Akira Suzuki
Editor
Kazuhiko Chiba
ProductionDesigner
Hiroshi Atami
Cop B
Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
Cop C
Chigusa Takayama
Grocery store proprietress
Midori Mori
Hitchhiking woman B
Kasumi Motegi
Hitchhiking woman
Max Roach
Musician
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 24, 1964
Original Name黒い太陽
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Genres
Wiki.
Black Sun (黒い太陽, Kuroi taiyō) is a 1964 Nikkatsu film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara based on a story by Tensei Kono and starring Tamio Kawachi and Chico Lourant (often cited as Chico Roland). The film had many of the same cast, crew, and characters as Kurahara's earlier film The Warped Ones.