Red Sun
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In what was billed as "The First East-Meets-West Western," Toshiro Mifune plays Kuroda, a samurai warrior who accompanies a Japanese diplomat to the United States. The diplomat has brought with him a golden, jewel-encrusted sword to present as a token of good will to the president, but as they travel by train through the west, they're ambushed by a pair of outlaws, Gauche (Alain Delon) and Link (Charles Bronson). Gauche and Link steal the sword, but Link leans the hard way about his partner's trustworthiness when Gauche double-crosses him and makes off with the booty. Since both Kuroda and Link have a grudge against Gauche, they warily join forces to track him down and return the sword to its rightful owner. Along the way, they have to deal with cultural conflict, Indian attacks, and encounters with beautiful women (played by Capucine and Ursula Andress). Given its cast and theme, Red Sun was predictably enough a major box-office success in Europe and Japan, but it passed through with little notice in the United States. ~ Mark Deming, RoviCast
- Charles Bronson - Link
- Ursula Andress - Cristina
- Toshiro Mifune - Kuroda
- Alain Delon - Gauche
- Capucine - Pepita
Credit
Enrique Alarcon - Art Director, Tony Pulo - Costume Designer, Terence Young - Director, Johnny Dwyre - Editor, Maurice Jarre - Composer (Music Score), Maurice Jarre - Musical Direction/Supervision, Alberto de Rossi - Makeup, Henri Alékan - Cinematographer, Ted Richmond - Producer, Robert Dorfmann - Producer, Rafael Salazar - Set Designer, Karl Baumgartner - Special Effects, Laird Koenig - Screenwriter, Denne Bart Petitclerc - Screenwriter, Lawrence Roman - Screenwriter, William Roberts - Screenwriter, W. Roberts - Screenwriter| Red State (2011 Film), Red Star: Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble (1992 Film) | |
| Red Sun Rising (1994 Film), Red Sunday (1975 Film) |
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Red Sun
For other uses, see Red sun (disambiguation).
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| Directed by | Terence Young |
| Produced by | Ted Richmond |
| Written by | Laird Koenig Denne Bart Petitclerc William Roberts |
| Starring | Ursula Andress Charles Bronson Alain Delon Toshirō Mifune |
| Music by | Maurice Jarre |
| Cinematography | Henri Alekan |
| Editing by | Johnny Dwyre |
| Distributed by | National General Pictures (US) Films Corona (France) |
| Release date(s) | Europe 1971 United States 1972 |
| Running time | 112 min. |
| Country | France Italy Spain |
| Language | English |
Red Sun is a Western film, with an international cast. It stars U.S.-born actor Charles Bronson, Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune, French actor Alain Delon and Swiss actress Ursula Andress. It was filmed in Spain by the British director Terence Young. It was released in Europe in 1971 and in the U.S. in 1972.
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Link Stuart (Bronson) is a ruthless outlaw, and co-leader along with Gauche (Delon) of a gang of bandits. Link and Gauche lead their gang on a successful train robbery, and discover that one of its cars carries a Japanese ambassador, who is bringing a ceremonial katana (sword) as a gift for President Ulysses S. Grant. Gauche takes the sword, and kills one of the two samurai guards, while members of his gang attempt to murder Link by throwing dynamite into the train car he occupies, then leaving him for dead.
The surviving Japanese delegation rescues Link, and the ambassador instructs him to assist Kuroda (Mifune) in tracking down Gauche so that he may kill him and recover the sword and his honor. Kuroda is given one week to fulfill this task, or commit seppuku. Link reluctantly agrees, but he realizes that Kuroda will kill Gauche immediately, before he is able to extract the location of the stolen loot. Link repeatedly attempts to elude Kuroda, only to be thwarted by the irrepressible samurai.
While tracking Gauche's gang, the duo encounter several obstacles, and Kuroda reveals that his samurai values are disappearing as his countrymen no longer value the customs of old. Link gains a measure of respect for the strict bushido code Kuroda follows, and eventually comes to an agreement with the samurai that Gauche will not be killed before he reveals the location of the stolen money. The duo eventually abduct Gauche's woman, Cristina (Andress), who leads the men to Gauche and his gang.
In the ensuing fight, Kuroda is mortally wounded, and a disarmed Gauche tries appealing to Link's greed. Link decides that the dying samurai's honor is more important to him than learning the location of the stolen money, so he kills Gauche. Just before Kuroda expires, Link promises him that he will return the katana to the Japanese ambassador. He does so, thus preserving Kuroda's honor.
Casting
Bronson starred in The Magnificent Seven, an American remake of Seven Samurai, which featured Mifune.
Cast
- Charles Bronson as Link Stuart
- Ursula Andress as Cristina
- Toshirō Mifune as Kuroda Jubei
- Alain Delon as Gauche
- Capucine as Pepita
- Barta Barri as Paco
- Guido Lollobrigida as Mace
External links
- Red Sun at the Internet Movie Database
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