Original subtitles

A Kitty Film production

TAIYO O NUSUNDA OTOKO THE MAN WHO STOLE THE SUN

Kenji Sawada

Bunta Sugawara

Kimiko Ikegami

Kazuo Kitamura

Yunosuke Ito

Bubble gum is late again.

He's lazy.

I'm Makoto Kido, a teacher.

Produced by Mataichiro Yamamoto

Producer Kei Ijichi

What's energy? It's power.

Screenplay by Leonard Schrader

and Kazuhiko Hasegawa

Director of photography Tatsuo Suzuki

Lighting designer Hideo Kumagai

Production designer Yoshinaga Yokoo

Recorded by Ken-ichi Benitani

Edited by Akira Suzuki

Music by Takayuki Inoue

Directed by Kazuhiko Hasegawa

I'm back.

Yes?

What do you want?

"1-3-27 Wakabacho... "

Sit down.

"Shigeo Sato. "

Just a minute.

Wakabacho...

what are you doing?

Mosquito.

Thanks.

Millions of them around here.

Come from the open gutters.

A handy thing to have.

Hey, I ain't no mosquito.

"Police officer robbed of gun!"

"Thief uses sleeping gas!"

He's sleeping again.

Everybody here?

Not the guide.

What the hell!

Stay put, or die!

All of you!

What's so funny?

Get going!

To the Imperial palace!

Tell me...

what do you wanna do?

Talk to the emperor.

I must talk to him!

What about?

He knows.

About my son.

Close the gate!

Fire! Shoot to kill!

We've got you surrounded!

Don't be a fool!

Release the students this minute!

He's got a machine gun. Aimed at the students.

Throw out your weapons!

Come out with your hands up!

Let me.

You on the bus!

Tell us what you want!

The snipers are ready.

20 men are here. 15 back there.

Over there?

It's a dead angle.

Somebody's coming out.

Who is he?

A teacher.

Anybody hurt?

What kind of weapons?

How are the kids?

All safe?

What does he want?

I'm Yamashita. I'm in charge.

What's he after?

He wants to see...

...the emperor.

He wants to talk with him.

Fire when I say.

But we might hit you.

No other way. To your post.

Make sure they're ready.

I'll go, too. They're my students.

Otherwise he'll get mad.

Don't interfere.

This is inspector Yamashita.

Mr. Kido and I will join you.

I'll talk with you. Don't shoot.

I'm leaving my gun here.

What do you teach?

Science.

Not much help now, is it?

Halt! Stop right there!

Hands on your heads!

Keep them there!

Wait!

Not yet.

All right. Come in.

Squat there!

The emperor is ready to see you.

It's true.

He'll talk with you.

Did he really say so?

He's very kind. I'm grateful.

But first...

release the students.

The emperor wishes it.

Don't move!

Stay back!

What's that?

Open the gate!

Don't do anything!

Do as we promised!

Stand fast!

Shut up!

Run!

Fire!

Now!

Don't shoot!

Stop firing!

Ambulance!

Get an ambulance!

You all right?

The old geezer was stone crazy.

That is one slick cop.

He's crazy, too.

Bubble gum was great.

I couldn't believe it was him.

A lot of guts.

He didn't even fall asleep.

"Police officer is here!"

Atomic energy is

as powerful as the sun.

Man first controlled atomic power

on december 2, 1942

at chicago university.

The fusion of neutron and protons

creates a tremendous force

equivalent to 10 of gravitation.

In July, 1945,

the first a-bomb test occurred in new mexico.

The first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6.

The power of a single atom

destroyed the city and inhabitants.

The Soviets first succeeded in July, 1949.

The British tested one in 1952.

Your world changes with

the power of the sun in your hands.

Today anyone can make an a-bomb.

Even you.

All you need is plutonium 239.

"Who are you?"

"Who are you?"

"I'm... "

"I'm... "

"What do you want to do?"

"What the hell do you want?"

That's why atomic power plants are guarded.

They take every precaution.

Any questions?

That's all for today.

At dawn yesterday there was an accident

at the Tokai atomic power plant in Ibaraki.

A steel tower was damaged by the

explosion of a homemade bomb.

Was it a radical group?

We've set up a task force

to find the culprit.

We don't know who did it.

"Danger in atomic power plants. "

I don't like the theme.

I think a radical group stole some plutonium.

But we can't say it on the air.

Plutonium robbery?

That's fine!

Good evening, everybody!

It's me again - "Zero" Sawai.

Somebody robbed the atomic power plant.

I think the criminal is a 14 year old girl.

She'll make a plutonium pendant for her platonic lover.

No good.

"Filtration done"

Sorry, but it's time to say goodbye now.

Thank you.

"How to make an a-bomb"

so plutonium oxide turns to plutonium metal.

Any questions?

Teacher!

Will this be on the entrance exam?

I want to study something else.

Only our class studies this weird junk.

The other stuff is easy.

Study it at home.

Stop bothering him.

What's the next step?

The exact amount of plutonium is difficult.

You can't stop that moron.

Let him do his thing.

Your ID card.

500,000 yen. For three months.

I'll pay it back soon.

You a teacher?

We get lots of teachers.

Be careful.

Don't waste it gambling.

During the rush hour this morning

two office workers committed suicide.

Referring to the accident at the atomic power plant.

The police announced a suspect today:

Kunihiko Sakurai, 29. A radical revolutionary.

The bomb at the power plant was

the same as the one used to blow up the police station

last november...

"plutonium metal completed"

I did it! I did it!

I did the little beauty!

Everybody have a copy?

The answers are on the back. Check them yourselves.

Start!

Can we peek at them?

It's easy!

Is it true?

Mr. Kido.

Are you ill?

I'm just fine.

Good evening, everybody. It's me again.

"Zero" Sawai.

I'm sorry to say that there's no interesting crimes today.

Why apologize?

Listen.

I'll soon have a daytime program.

It gets too lonely at night

all alone in the studio.

Let's play something new.

That's it.

Police headquarters.

The commissioner, please.

Mr. Zenkichi Tanaka.

He's in conference. You can leave a message.

I think he'll talk to me now.

I robbed the atomic power plant.

One moment please!

Tanaka speaking.

You're a liar.

You said the guards didn't carry guns.

And I ain't no damn radical, either.

Damn bastard!

I mean, sir...

I'm returning some of the stuff I stole.

In a different container. Though.

I won't tell you twice.

So listen carefully, sweetie.

Give me a sheet of paper.

Go ahead.

It's in the diet.

In the diet.

What? The diet building!

In the ladies lavatory.

In the ladies lavatory...

couldn't be more terrifying.

Making the metal is extremely dangerous.

A perfect job.

Secretary.

What'll I tell the prime minister?

I want a room facing east 14th or 15th floor.

Is one available?

I'll take it.

My name is Kido... I mean, Kidokoro

I look like shit.

The most vile thing man ever made.

No lectures. How deadly?

Scatter just a few grains over Tokyo

and countless thousands would die.

This capsule shows the precise amount.

If this was plutonium. It'd be a perfect a-bomb.

With half the power of the Hiroshima bomb.

Careful. That's my little baby.

I'm Inspector Yamashita.

Inspector Yamashita is here, sir.

Hello, Mr. Yamashita.

This is the prime minister's secretary.

This is Dr. Ichikawa.

We have a problem.

I'll call again at eight o'clock.

I want Yamashita to be there them.

I won't talk to anybody else.

He's a police inspector.

What does that mean?

I won't talk with bozo liars like you.

That's all.

Recognize the voice?

I have no idea.

A fag.

That's how fags talk.

Whoever it was. The voice isn't normal.

He used a voice-scrambler.

It changes the sound waves.

So we can't get his voiceprint.

A voice-scrambler and an a-bomb.

Any student can make either one.

The information is in any library.

All the materials are in a hardware store.

Except plutonium.

But while making it, he'd probably

get a fatal dose of radiation.

Individuals don't need a-bombs. Only nations do.

It's him.

Yamashita.

Trace the line.

Hello.

Mr. Yamashita?

Speaking.

Good to hear you.

I like your voice.

Cut it out. Get to the point.

Don't get mad, big boy.

It takes 1 minute 40 seconds to trace this call.

We have plenty of time.

Fine! I got lots of questions.

Like what?

Why me?

Why pick me?

Afraid to tell me?

Because you're famous, big boy.

I read about you in the paper.

You're a hero.

You killed an old man.

I've got a little request.

You listening?

Sure.

First.

I wanna watch those TV baseball games to the end.

Those bastards cut off night games for the 9 o'clock news.

It's always the 7th or 8th inning.

Just when the game gets good.

It really pisses me off.

I see.

The Giants play the Whales tonight.

I wanna see the whole game.

To the end.

That's up to the TV company.

Don't give me that shit.

You're the damn government.

You can do anything.

If not, I'll blow up the Ball Park.

Got that, Yamashita?

Now do it!

The reason is... well. I can't tell you why.

I mean, not now.

Please understand.

You must help us. Hello!

No use. They think i'm joking.

You don't understand. I want the prime minister.

Hurry. Ten minutes to go.

You want to see it too, don't you?

The Giants have a rally going in the seventh.

Unfortunately we have to sign off now.

A home run would win it for them.

But we have to say goodbye.

Thank you, Mr. Aoki.

So long, folks.

Continue? I wasn't told to.

I won't be responsible.

Can I go on?

By courtesy of the sponsors, folks, we'll continue

till the last inning.

Sadaharu Oh is at bat. A hard hit ball!

A home run! Oh did it again!

Me too! I did it too!

I won! I won!

Makoto Kido is a winner!

Yamashita speaking.

Nice job, pal. You passed with flying colors.

Don't mention it.

We're gonna get along just fine.

Sure. What'll I call you?

You mean my name?

Yeah.

I'm number nine.

What - more baseball?

No. Eight nations got a-bombs, see?

U.S.A., USSR, China, France, England, India and

unofficially Israel and South Africa.

I'm the ninth. I'm no. 9.

Goodnight.

Hold it, nine. We gotta talk.

Not now.

I gotta watch the game.

Goodnight.

Any idea?

"Second demand"

"stop college entrance race"

be quiet!

Shut up! We got no idea.

Then oh hit a home run.

Don't be so modest. Speak up.

What do you want?

"Zero" Sawai's new program! "Telephone talk!"

Just dial 03-354-0218.

Let's hear some music.

Hello. Zero speaking.

Hello.

What's the matter?

I got an a-bomb.

What?

Speak more slowly.

I have an a-bomb.

You have what?

An atomic bomb.

Atomic bomb?

You mean a real one?

Fantastic.

Where did you get it?

I made it.

I'm listening.

I'd like to ask you...

I wish you'd ask your audience to...

tell me what you want.

I can ask for anything. See?

But I found out that I don't know what I want.

Stupid, ain't it? What do you want?

Let me see...

all right, I'll ask people.

"If you could have anything, what would you want?"

Like Aladdin's Lamp.

I'm serious.

Of course.

What's your name?

It's a secret, of course!

I'll tell you.

It's no. 9. which is next to zero.

It's your turn. Zero.

Double check everything left on the scene.

A man with an a-bomb is on radio!

Zero. Don't encourage those loonies.

But it's interesting.

Aladdin's a-bomb.

"Zero's new program! Aladdin's a-bomb!"

Call me!

Hello. This is Zero.

I want to live in a house of ice cream and hamburger.

Far out.

I want the bomb to blow up.

Easy, Fella.

I want to go to Morocco.

What'll you do there?

I can't say. I'm too shy.

What's this? I'll hang up.

Don't you have a better idea?

I wanna be the leader of a motorcycle gang.

Drive a huge harley.

Make the Asahi report Inoki on the first page.

I want everyone to be healthy.

Have the Japanese army make war on the American army.

Make no requests. Just have dreams.

Bathe with naked girls and rob a bank.

I want a house of my own.

I want the police to clean the streets in Tokyo.

It'd be nice if all people in the world obeyed me.

Are you listening, Mr. 9?

Hey, I got an idea.

A Rolling Stones concert!

At the Budokan hall. How about it?

I was all planned six years ago.

They sold tickets and everything.

But the government banned them.

For drugs. As if they were gonna sell drugs in Japan.

The Rolling Stones in Tokyo!

I think it's great.

What do you say, Mr. A-bomb?

You sound like the man really made an a-bomb.

It's just a prank, but