The Sun's Burial
“Will things change for the better?”
In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the trading of ID cards and blood.
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Cast
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Masahiko Tsugawa
Shin
Known for
The Boy and the Beast
Crazed Fruit
Kayoko Honoo
Hanako
Known for
The Insect Woman
Isao Sasaki
Takeshi
Known for
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Fumio Watanabe
Yosehei
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Kamatari Fujiwara
Batasuke
Known for
Seven Samurai
The Hidden Fortress
Tanie Kitabayashi
Chika
Known for
My Neighbor Totoro
Intentions of Murder
Junzaburō Ban
Yotsematsu
Known for
Dodes'ka-den
Yūsuke Kawazu
Yasu
Known for
Cruel Story of Youth
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Kei Satō
Sakaguchi
Known for
Onibaba
Harakiri
Rokkō Toura
Masa
Known for
Kuroneko
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Kunie Tanaka
Thief
Known for
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Asao Koike
Black Glasses
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Nagisa Ōshima Director · Toshirō Ishidō Screenplay Riichirō Manabe Composer
First release August 9, 1960 · Produced in Japan · Original title 太陽の墓場
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
太陽の墓場
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 9, 1960
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Netherlands
January 19, 1995 · Theatrical · Re-release
Russia
March 29, 2012 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Nagisa Oshima Films (Moscow)
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