The Sun (2016)
Original title: 太陽
The Sun is a 2016 Japanese-language science fiction movie directed by Yū Irie, with a running time of 2h 9m. It stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mugi Kadowaki and Kanji Furutachi.
The story is set in the early 21st century with the population decimated by bio terror. Two kinds of humans now exist. One is the Nokusu who were infected with a virus but survived and consequently they carry an antibody. Most are young, healthy and have high intelligence, but they have a high sensitivity to ultraviolet rays and are active mostly during the night. The other group are the Kyurio. They survived by never having the virus. The Nokusu discriminates against the Kyurio. Tetsuhiko Okudera is a Kyurio. He was born in a poor village. He isn't happy with being a Kyurio and wishes he could be a Nokusu. Yui Ikuta is Tetsuhiko’s childhood friend. She tries to revive the poor village.
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What is The Sun about?
The story is set in the early 21st century with the population decimated by bio terror. Two kinds of humans now exist. One is the Nokusu who were infected with a virus but survived and consequently they carry an antibody. Most are young, healthy and have high intelligence, but they have a high sensitivity to ultraviolet rays and are active mostly during the night. The other group are the Kyurio. They survived by never having the virus. The Nokusu discriminates against the Kyurio. Tetsuhiko Okudera is a Kyurio. He was born in a poor village. He isn't happy with being a Kyurio and wishes he could be a Nokusu. Yui Ikuta is Tetsuhiko’s childhood friend. She tries to revive the poor village.
When was The Sun released?
The Sun was released on 23 April 2016.
How long is The Sun?
The Sun runs 2h 9m.
Who made The Sun?
The Sun was directed by Yū Irie.
Cast
- Ryunosuke Kamiki as Tetsuhiko Okudera
- Mugi Kadowaki as Yui Ikuta
- Kanji Furutachi as Soichi Ikuta
- Yuki Furukawa as Fujita Morishige
- Toshiki Ayata as Yukio Sasaki
- Kouki Mizuta as Takumi Sasaki
- Kazuya Takahashi as Yoji Kaneda
- Yōko Moriguchi as Reiko Soga
- Jun Murakami as Katsuya Okudera
- Yuko Nakamura as Junko Okudera
- Shingo Tsurumi as Seiji Soga
- Mikuu Yamada as Yoko