The Man Who Stole the Sun

Oct 6, 1979

2h 27m

★ 7.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Action

Production Companies

Kitty Films

Tristone Entertainment

TOHO

The Man Who Stole the Sun Trailers

Cast

Makoto Kido

Kenji Sawada

Inspector Yamashita

Bunta Sugawara

Reiko Sawai

Kimiko Ikegami

Tanaka

Kazuo Kitamura

Nakayama

Shigeru Kōyama

Dr. Ichikawa

Kei Satō

Bus Hijacker

Yūnosuke Itō

Egawa

Eimei Esumi

Identikit Officer

Hiroshi Gojo

Detective Ishikawa

Yudai Ishiyama

Student

Rika Kayama

Asai

Morio Kazama

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