The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Original title: 太陽を盗んだ男
The Man Who Stole the Sun is a 1979 Japanese-language crime movie directed by Kazuhiko Hasegawa, with a running time of 2h 27m. It stars Kenji Sawada, Bunta Sugawara and Kimiko Ikegami.
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.
Cast
- Kenji Sawada as Makoto Kido
- Bunta Sugawara as Inspector Yamashita
- Kimiko Ikegami as Reiko Sawai
- Kazuo Kitamura as Tanaka
- Shigeru Kōyama as Nakayama
- Kei Satō as Dr. Ichikawa
- Yūnosuke Itō as Bus Hijacker
- Eimei Esumi as Egawa
- Hiroshi Gojo as Identikit Officer
- Yudai Ishiyama as Detective Ishikawa
- Rika Kayama as Student
- Morio Kazama as Asai