Black Sun (Kuroi taiyo) (1964)

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Directed by

Koreyoshi Kurahara

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Tamio Kawaji
Akira

Chico Roland
Gill

Yuko Chishiro
Yuki

Hideji Otaki
Old Man at the Junk Shop

Zenji Yamada
Owner

Tatsuya Fuji
Akira's Buddy

Ryûsei Itô

Gô Kuroda

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One is a young, jazz-obsessed Japanese drifter and other is a black American GI on the lam in Tokyo. The two outsiders become outlaws and the movie depicts their growing bond as an alternately absurd and tragic culture clash.

Release date: 19 April 1964

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"27.10. Nuori jazz-intoilija ja AWOL-jenkkisotilas kapinoivat valtiovaltaa vastaan Kuraharan elokuvassa, joka yrittää sanoa jotain rasismista, mutta jonka ilmaisukeinot ovat nykypäivänä tulkittavissa rasistisiksi. Tämä ei sinänsä ole elokuvan ongelma, mutta jenkkisotilaan puhuma supernopea ja japanilaiseen intonaatioon muokattu englanti vie kaiken immersion oikeasta jenkkisotilaasta. Leffan idea ei ole ymmärtää sotilaan puhetta, koska hahmot eivät leffassa ymmärrä toisiaan ja näk"