The Day the Sun Rose
Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in peaceful celebration.
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Top Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura
Shinkichi

Toshirō Mifune
Kumaza

Shima Iwashita
Ayame

Takahiro Tamura

Eitarō Ozawa

Kunie Tanaka

Tomo'o Nagai

Orie Satō

Hisako Takihana

Kamatari Fujiwara

Masami Shimojō

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Takashi Shimura

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Ken Takakura

Katsuo Nakamura
Eitarō Matsuyama

Shirō Ōtsuji
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