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Set in the post-war slums of Osaka, The Sun's Burial follows the lives and fates of the denizens of this hellish ghetto. Pimps, prostitutes, drug addicts, vagrants, hustlers and gangsters struggle to survive amidst the poverty and decay of 1950's Japan. Read more

Starring	Masahiko Tsugawa, Kayoko Honoo, Isao Sasaki, Fumio Watanabe
Director	Nagisa Oshima
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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The Sun's Burial

Starring	Masahiko Tsugawa, Kayoko Honoo, Isao Sasaki, Fumio Watanabe, Kamatari Fujiwara, Tanie Kitabayashi, Junzaburo Ban, Jun Hamamura, Bokuzen Hidari, Kyu Ito, Yusuke Kawazu, Asao Koike, Hosei Komatsu, Koji Nakahara, Kei Sato, Gen Shimizu
Director	Nagisa Oshima
Studio	YUME PICTURES
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 27 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, World Cinema
Language	DVD: Japanese
Released	Production year: 1960 To Rent: DVD: 26 May 2008

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- ÂIn the slums of Osaka, teen gangs fight for control of the black market in blood. It's another of Oshima's dark... read more on Time Out
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  Set in the post-war slums of Osaka, The Sun's Burial follows the lives and fates of the denizens of this hellish ghetto. Pimps, prostitutes, drug addicts, vagrants, hustlers and gangsters struggle to survive amidst the poverty and decay of 1950's Japan....