Summary: As Japan nears defeat at the end of World War II, Emperor Hirohito starts his day in a bunker underneath the Imperial Palace in Toyko. A servant reads to him a list of activities for the day, including a meeting with his ministers, marine biology research, and writing his son. Hirohito muses about the impact on such schedules when the Americans arrive but is told that as long as there is a solitary Japanese person living, the Americans will not reach The Emperor... (imdb)

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AKA: The Sun

Genre: Drama

Country: France, Italy, Russia, Switzerland

Directed By: Aleksandr Sokurov

Written By: Yuri Arabov, Jeremy Noble

Starring: Kaori Momoi, Shirô Sano, Issei Ogata, Robert Dawson, Shinmei Tsuji, Taijiro Tamura

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