Japan Synopsis
太陽の墓場
In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of blood. Alliances constantly shift. Tatsu and Takeshi, friends since boyhood, reluctantly join Shin's gang. Shin's an upstart and moves his gang often to avoid the local kingpin. Hanoko is a young woman with ambitions: first she's in the blood business with her father, then she joins forces with Shin. She soon breaks off that partnership, even though she's taken the sensitive Takeshi under her wing. Double crosses multiply. Those with the closest bonds become each others' murderers.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Sun's Burial. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shochiku
The 1959–1961 Japan Window
In the crowded 1959-1961 Japan release window, The Sun's Burial sits at #25 of 36. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
#1Hero of the Red Light District
★ 8.6 · 1960
#2The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
★ 8.4 · 1961
#3The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
★ 8.2 · 1959
#4Yojimbo
★ 8.1 · 1961
#5The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
★ 8.0 · 1959
#6When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
★ 8.0 · 1960
#7Hiroshima Mon Amour
★ 7.8 · 1959
#8Good Morning
★ 7.7 · 1959
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Sun's Burial premiered alongside 15 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 15 other Japan films in 1960.
The 131st Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
20 audience reviews — more than 36% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 19th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Sun's Burial, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- slum dwellers · 5
- youth gang · 3
- prostitution · 25
- japanese new wave · 16
- post war japan · 12
- osaka · 7
- japan · 454
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,819 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (38th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,240 of 1,933 (top 64%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shochiku |
| Runtime | 1h 27m |
| Release Date | August 9, 1960 |
| IMDb | tt0054366 |