The Sun

“A wonderfully eccentric and fascinating film.… As a portrait of pathology—that of Japan and Hirohito both—it’s terrific.”—Manohla Dargis, New York Times

Acclaimed Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark, Mother and Son) offers one of his finest films with this mesmerizing portrait of Japan’s Emperor Hirohito and the final months of his long reign. The Emperor (brilliantly played by Yi Yi’s Issey Ogata) forms an unlikely bond with General Douglas MacArthur as he declares Japan’s surrender from World War II and renounces his status as divine ruler. Full of peculiar details, The Sun is one of the most striking psychological studies in recent cinema. (110 mins., 35mm)

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