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The Day the Sun Rose
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The Day the Sun Rose

1968
Directed byTetsuya Yamanouchi
2h 48m

Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in peaceful celebration.

CAST
Kinnosuke NakamuraShinkichiToshirō MifuneKumazaShima IwashitaAyame
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Takahiro Tamura
Eitarō Ozawa
Kunie Tanaka
Tomo'o Nagai
Orie Satō
Hisako Takihana
Kamatari Fujiwara
DETAILS
GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
Nippon Eiga Fukko Kyokai
RATING
8.7

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