Characters & Themes
Black Sun (1964) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1964 · 95 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Koreyoshi Kurahara
- Starring
- Hideji Ôtaki, Tatsuya Fuji, Hyôe Enoki, Takashi Nomura, Tamio Kawachi, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
Akira, a jazz‑obsessed drifter, returns to his squat—a ruined church—where he discovers Gill, a wounded African‑American GI fleeing after a white GI’s death. Despite severe misunderstandings and cultural clash, Akira decides to help Gill reach the sea, evading military police along the way.
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