The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Original title: 太陽を盗んだ男
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.
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Kenji SawadaMakoto Kido
Bunta SugawaraInspector Yamashita
Kimiko IkegamiReiko Sawai
Kazuo KitamuraTanaka
Shigeru KōyamaNakayama
Kei SatōDr. Ichikawa
Yūnosuke ItōBus Hijacker
Eimei EsumiEgawaHiroshi GojoIdentikit Officer
Yudai IshiyamaDetective IshikawaRika KayamaStudent
Morio KazamaAsaiKeywords
Movie DNA
Genre affinityAction · Comedy · ThrillerTheme affinityPlutonium · 1970s · TerrorismDialogue densityComedyPacingAction · LongDirector preference429551Actor preference339101 · 335900 · 375279
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Frequently asked questions about The Man Who Stole the Sun
What is The Man Who Stole the Sun about?
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.
How long is The Man Who Stole the Sun?
The Man Who Stole the Sun has a runtime of 147 minutes.