The Man Who Stole the Sun (太陽を盗んだ男) (1979) | 1080p mkv...
The Man Who Stole the Sun
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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.
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
太陽を盗んだ男 | Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko
A cult Japanese black comedy thriller
Director: Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Starring: Kenji Sawada, Bunta Sugawara, Kimiko Ikegami
Runtime: 147 minutes
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (.srt included)
Release: RIZZ DVD-Rip (2CD)
Plot
Makoto Kido is a disillusioned high school science teacher in Tokyo. After getting caught up in a dramatic school bus hijacking (and emerging as an unlikely hero), he decides to take drastic action against a society he has grown to despise.
Kido steals plutonium from a nuclear power plant and single-handedly builds a working atomic bomb in his apartment. Calling himself “Number 9”, he uses his homemade nuke to blackmail the Japanese government with a series of increasingly absurd demands — including nonstop baseball games and a concert by the then-banned Rolling Stones.
Hot on his trail is the no-nonsense veteran police inspector Yamashita. What follows is a tense, darkly comic cat-and-mouse game between two very different men from two very different generations.
A unique blend of crime thriller, political satire, and character drama with a heavy dose of 1970s Japanese counterculture. Long considered a cult classic in Japan and among fans of offbeat cinema.
Technical Information
Audio: Japanese (MP3)
Subtitles: English
Container: MKV
Notes:
- Excellent DVD-sourced rip with clean video and included English subtitles.
- The film is a rare and highly regarded cult title — stylish, funny, and surprisingly poignant.
- Toho production with a memorable opening title sequence.
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