The Man Who Stole the Sun
Seen it?1979 | 147 min | Crime, Thriller, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and little lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Cape Fear, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 27 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1979: an older pace and style.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 18K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Kazuhiko Hasegawa
- Kenji SawadaMakoto Kido
- Bunta SugawaraInspector Yamashita
- Kimiko IkegamiReiko Sawai
- Kazuo KitamuraTanaka
- Shigeru KōyamaNakayama
- Kei SatōDr. Ichikawa
- Yūnosuke ItōBus Hijacker
- Eimei EsumiEgawa
- Hiroshi GojoIdentikit Officer
- Yudai IshiyamaDetective Ishikawa