The Man Who Stole the Sun
太陽を盗んだ男
1979 · 2h 27m · Crime, Drama, Thriller · Japan
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.
Directed by
Kazuhiko HasegawaStory by
Leonard Schrader6.5Smart score
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1970satomic bombbus hijackinghigh school teacherplutoniumpolice inspectorscience teacherterrorism
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