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# The Sun

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Product Description          Alexander Sokurov continues his brilliant investigation into the lives of dictators with the "engrossing, supremely assured" (Village Voice) the Sun. Following up his portraits of Hitler in Moloch (1999) and Lenin in Taurus (2001), the film is a mesmerizing tour of Emperor Hirohito's final days in power during the waning moments of WWII. Played by Lssei Ogata (Yi Yi) with "an impish wit" (Variety), Hirohito wanders through his palace in a child-like state of denial. He spends his time studying marine biology and paging through a photo album of Hollywood stars. Hirohito's patients chamberlain (Shiro Sano) encourages his isolation through banal daily rituals, which include "time for private thought." But reality soon intrudes, as American soldiers overrun his manicured gardens and nightmare visions of Hiroshima invade his dreams. No longer a God among men, Hirohito is forced to kowtow to General MacArthur (Robert Dawson), who softly pushes the terms of the occupation and, even more dramatically, for the renunciation of Hirohito's divinity.             Review          One of the best movies of the year Manohla Dargis, THE NEW YORK TIMES --The New York TimesEngrossing, supremely assured... J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE --The Village Voice

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Emperor-God Hirohito at the Moment of Defeat
  

*by C***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2017*

"The Sun" is a remarkable film by Russian filmmaker Aleksandr Sokurov, which imagines the Japanese Emperor Hirohito in his daily activities just before, during and after Japan's defeat in World War II. The filming style is diaphanous and tense at the same time, with emphasis on the anachronistic gentleness and cultured manners of the Emperor God during the cataclysmic bombing of Tokyo.Hirohito is confronted by General Douglas MacArthur who “invites” him (by way of armed MPs) to a one-on-one dinner, so that MacArthur could determine for himself if Hirohito would be tried as a war criminal. The film has a very Zen-like quality to it and may not be interesting to younger viewers or those with no deeper interest in history, but this film is an absolute must for visionaries and historians who are fascinated with the period. “The Sun” is one film from Sokurov’s tetralogy of films about power and empire, particularly regarding World War II axis leaders.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Ten No Hiko the Enigma
  

*by G***O on Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2016*

Very sympathetic portrayal of the emperor and hit it right on the nose as to why Japan decided to take on the U.S., Britain and France.  I was so shocked to hear that when my Japanese grandparents in the cane and pineapple fields of Maui and Oahu first heard of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, they all cheered, "Ten no hiko banzai".  Why I asked my mom? She said because my grandparents went from kids living in medieval Japan in the 1890's to witnessing a fully modern Japan take on the west with the most advanced weapons of the time, the Zero fighters.  They were so proud that they helped contribute to the modernization of Japan by sending back money but more importantly contribute to what they believed was a wrong done to Japanese people and Asians in general with the U.S. cutting off all legal immigration to the U.S. in 1924 - what the Japanese in Japan in the U.S. felt was a double standard for a country who prided themselves in meritocracy and fair play.  My grandparents truly believed that the emperor and Japan were part of a great push to drive the Europeans out of Asia.  Ironically, asked my mom and dad about the nisei in Hawaii and their reaction at the time and they said that the day after Pearl Harbor they all lined up at the U.S. Army recruitment office to volunteer to fight off the empire of Japan, (At the time they thought there would be an eminent land invasion by the Japanese - it would have been civil war with the Nissei having to fight their Issei parents, thank the Lord that didn't happen).  I think my only criticism of the movie was the very "Russian" skew of the American occupation and especially of MacArthur.  From all accounts I have read it was the MacArthur respect for Japanese culture and the institution of the Emperor that spared the Emperor's life.  Furthermore, for Nisei like my father who served as part of the U.S. Army elite military intelligence service sent to the Pacific front as translators and administrators - they thought of themselves as 100% American and thought of the divinity of the Emperor complete Nippon bunk.

### ⭐ 1.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Inaccuracy, thy name is "The Sun"
  

*by D***R on Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2011*

I was very disppointed in this film, as it's inaccuracy is staggering.  The film starts out before Japan's surrender, while the emperor is living in a bomb shelter on the palace grounds; the movie shows a palace above this, but virtually all the palace buildings were destroyed during allied bombings, and weren't replaced until the '60s.  Then there is a scene of a cabinet meeting in which Hirohito tells the ministers that they will continue the war.  Here's were the film slips into fiction - it depicts the emperor going up to his bedroom, where he awaits the arrival of the occupying Americans.  No depiction or mention of the surrender, in which Hirohito played a vital role by recording and then broadcasting his surrender speech to the nation (and in which a group of hardliners tried to prevent it's broadcast).  It does seem the screen writer confused this speech with his deification renunciation.  In the film, it shows the emperor reaching this decision on his own, and then mentions that he recorded the speech for broadcast - in reality, the renunciation of his deity was something mandated by the US occupying forces, and he read out loud in a speech to the Diet (Japanese parliament).  The film does not portray the efforts by the Japanese government or statesmen to shield the emperor from responsibility for the war, or to preserve his place in the Japanese state.  The film depicts both Hirohito and McArthur as caricatures - I've read Hirohito had an unusual, stiff walk, but I don't recall ever reading that he continuously puckered his mouth like a fish out of water, as the film shows.  Given the gross historical inaacuracy of this film, I can't see giving it more than one star.

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