The Man Who Stole The Sun
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A misfit high-school science teacher decides to build his own atomic bomb. He steals isotopes from a nuclear reactor and manages to create two warheads, but at the same time is present at a botched school-bus hijacking and is publicly coronated as a hero. Nevertheless, he uses the bombs to extort the police, first by demanding that baseball games be shown without commercial interruptions and then by having the Rolling Stones play in Japan despite their drug bust. Soon it's a race to see what wins first: the determined cop who's after him, the bomb he's carrying, or a burgeoning case of radiation poisoning...
Director
Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
You're a teacher? What do you teach?- Yamashita
Science.- Makoto Kido
Hm. I don't think science isn't going to help us right now.- Yamashita
...and thus, acidic plutonium becomes plutonium metal. Any questions?- Makoto Kido
Yeah... so, making atomic bombs is going to be included on the exam?- Student
...the exam?- Makoto Kido
Well, if it isn't, could we move on to something else, please? We're the only class still on this!- Other Student
I'm going to return what I stole -- although I'm going to return in a slightly different form.- Makoto Kido
When you have an atomic bomb, you can do anything you want. The funny part is ... I have no idea what I want. If you were me -- what would you want?- Makoto Kido
Trivia
At one point when Kenji Sawada is fending off the nuclear plant workers, the sound effects are taken from the video game Space Invaders (1978/I) (VG) which was enjoying massive success in Japan at the time of the movie's release. The movie begins and ends with the exact same sound: a ticking clock, and then an explosion.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States April 1981
