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The Day the Sun Rose

Not Rated Drama

Starring: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Toshirō Mifune, Shima Iwashita, Takahiro Tamura, Eitarō Ozawa

Writer: Katsumi Nishiguchi, Kunio Shimizu, Naoyuki Suzuki

Release Date:
November 23, 1968
Ratings:
7.0 / 10
Director:
Tetsuya Yamanouchi
Companies:
Nippon Eiga Fukko Kyokai

Overview

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.