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The Man Who Stole the Sun

The Man Who Stole the Sun

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The Man Who Stole the Sun

1979

2h 27m

7.3(40 votes)

Crime

Thriller

Drama

Overview

A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.

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Kitty Films

Tristone Entertainment

TOHO

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Kenji Sawada

Kenji Sawada

Makoto Kido

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Inspector Yamashita

Kimiko Ikegami

Kimiko Ikegami

Reiko Sawai

Kazuo Kitamura

Kazuo Kitamura

Tanaka

Shigeru Kōyama

Shigeru Kōyama

Nakayama

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Dr. Ichikawa

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Bus Hijacker

Eimei Esumi

Eimei Esumi

Egawa

Hiroshi Gojo

Identikit Officer

Yudai Ishiyama

Yudai Ishiyama

Detective Ishikawa

Creative team

Directed by: Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Written by: Leonard Schrader
Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Produced by: Kei Ijichi
Mataichirô Yamamoto

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