Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko (1979)

Original title

太陽を盗んだ男

Directed by

Kazuhiko Hasegawa

Genre

satirical film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 27m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A high school science teacher builds a homemade atomic bomb and uses it to blackmail the government. He demands a concert from a faded rock star, which sets off a chaotic chain of events.

tensedarkly comicquirkysuspensefulgrittybleakfast-pacedunpredictable

What happens

The Man Who Stole the Sun (Japanese: 太陽を盗んだ男, Hepburn: Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko) is a 1979 Japanese thriller film, directed by Hasegawa Kazuhiko. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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