Taiyô wo nusunda otoko (1979) AKA The Man Who Stole the Sun

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A high school science teacher builds an atomic bomb and uses it to extort the nation, but cannot decide what he wants. Meanwhile, a determined cop is catching up to him, as is radiation poisoning.

Director: Kazuhiko Hasegawa. AKA 太陽を盗んだ男 / The Man Who Stole the Sun
Writers: Leonard Schrader (screenplay) (as Renâdo Shureidâ), Kazuhiko Hasegawa (screenplay), Leonard Schrader (story) (as Renâdo Shureidâ).
Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Kenji Sawada, Kimiko Ikegami, Kazuo Kitamura, Shigeru Kôyama, Kei Satô, Yûnosuke Itô.
Cinematographer: Tatsuo Suzuki (as Daruma Suzuki).
Composer: Takayuki Inoue.

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MP4 | 3.76 GB | 1342×720 | 23.976 FPS | 3500 kb/s | AAC 160 kb/s
Language: Japanese | Subtitles: English (hard)

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((Upgraded with softsubbed 1080p rip and better 720p encode on April 19th, 2026.))
Thanks to the original ripper and to htbbm for the improved English translation. I added some line breaks and improved timing for the second half of the film as subtitles were half a second off.