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Dash to the Sun

Dash to the Sun

19661h 28m

Overview

A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo with a big dream of becoming a composer, and despite the unfamiliar city life, sticks to his original intentions with the gentle encouragement of his young wife, and takes the music world by storm.

Directed by Ryuichi Takamori
Written by Minoru Endo, Yuichi Ikeda
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Top Cast

Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba

Yukiyo Toake

Yukiyo Toake

Hiroyuki Nagato

Hiroyuki Nagato

Kenji Imai

Kenji Imai

Reiko Ōhara

Reiko Ōhara

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Hiroshi Yagyu

Hiroshi Yagyu

Kenji Sugawara

Kenji Sugawara

About Dash to the Sun

Dash to the Sun is a music film released in 1966. Directed by Ryuichi Takamori, it stars Sonny Chiba, Yukiyo Toake, Hiroyuki Nagato. A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo with a big dream of becoming a composer, and despite the unfamiliar city life, sticks to his original intentions with the gentle encouragement of his young wife, and takes the music world by storm.

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