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Release Date:
September 8, 1966
Original Title:
太陽に突っ走れ
Genres:
Music
Production Companies:
Toei Company
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 88
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.
Art Direction:
Hiroshi Kitagawa
Director:
Ryuichi Takamori
Director of Photography:
Shoei Nishikawa
Editor:
Yoshiki Nagasawa
Lighting Technician:
Shiro Kuwana
Original Music Composer:
Minoru Endo
Original Story:
Minoru Endo
Screenplay:
Yuichi Ikeda
Sound Recordist:
Masanobu Otani
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