Japan Synopsis
太陽を盗んだ男
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.
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Comedy + Crime in Japan
92 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Man Who Stole the Sun itself).
The 1978–1980 Japan Window
The Man Who Stole the Sun holds position #21 of 56 Japan films in the 1978–1980 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Japan, 197 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Man Who Stole the Sun premiered alongside 18 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 18 other Japan films in 1979.
The 519th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
30 audience reviews — more than 50% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 47th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Man Who Stole the Sun, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- high school teacher · 5
- plutonium · 2
- 1970s · 19
- atomic bomb · 13
- terrorism · 47
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,813 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (60th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #638 of 1,411 (top 45%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Kitty Films, Tristone Entertainment |
| Runtime | 2h 27m |
| Release Date | October 6, 1979 |
| IMDb | tt0194426 |