

The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979-10-06 · 147 min · ★ 7.4
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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- Directors
- Kazuhiko Hasegawa
- Production companies
- Kitty Films, Tristone Entertainment, TOHO
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Kenji SawadaMakoto Kido
Bunta SugawaraInspector Yamashita
Kimiko IkegamiReiko Sawai
Kazuo KitamuraTanaka
Shigeru KōyamaNakayama
Kei SatōDr. Ichikawa
Yūnosuke ItōBus Hijacker
Eimei EsumiEgawa
Yudai IshiyamaDetective Ishikawa
Morio KazamaAsai
Hōsei KomatsuLoan Officer
Kiyoshi KurosawaSuspect on TV News
Kōjirō KusanagiTechnician of Phone Company
Yutaka MizutaniPolice Officer
Toshiyuki NishidaLoan Collector
Saburō ShōjiDetective Mizushima
Kyôko TogawaStudentTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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