Black sun = Kuroi taiyō

Author

Koreyoshi Kurahara

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Languages

In Japanese, with English subtitles.

Performers

Tamio Kawachi, Chico Roland, Yūko Chishiro, Tatsuya Fuji, Shōgen Nitta, Zenji Yamada, Hideji Ōtaki.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2011]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (95 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

A young, jazz-obsessed Japanese drifter and a black American GI go on the lam in Tokyo. The two outsiders become outlaws in an alternately absurd and tragic culture clash.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the story by Tensei Kōno.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.

Sequel to: Kyōnetsu no kisetsu = The warped ones.