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Black Sun

6.419641h 35mMovieDrama

Akira, a young, jazz-obsessed drifter, returns to his squat, a ruined church, and finds Gill, a wounded African-American GI, on the run after the death of a white GI. Despite terrible misunderstandings and culture clash, Akira agrees to…

DirectorKoreyoshi Kurahara
WritersTensei Kono·Nobuo Yamada

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Criterion ChannelCriterion Channel
Availability shown for Canada · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara

TKTamio Kawachi
Tamio Kawachi
Akira
CLChico Lourant
Chico Lourant
Gill
TFTatsuya Fuji
Tatsuya Fuji
Akira's Buddy
YCYuko Chishiro
Yuko Chishiro
Yuki
HŌHideji Ōtaki
Hideji Ōtaki
Old Man at the Junk Shop
SN
Shogen Nitta
Engineer
ZYZenji Yamada
Zenji Yamada
Owner
RI
Ryūsei Itō
TS
Tōru Sumikawa
Cop E
GK
Gō Kuroda
Cop D
TN
Takashi Nomura
YI
Yū Izumi

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