DVD
The sun
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
In Japanese and English with English subtitles.
Performers
Issey Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi, Shiro Sano.
Publication Information
[New York] : Lorber Films, [2010]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Chronicles the events leading up to Emperor Hirohito's momentous speech, the historic renunciation of his divine status, and his meetings with General Douglas MacArthur, the commander-in-chief of the occupying American forces, who advises his own president not to declare the Japanese leader a war criminal.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005.
Special features include: production notes by Alexander Sokurov; theatrical trailer; stills gallery.