Introducing the movie “Legacy of the Sun”
Updated: July 13, 2012
Tama area in Inagi city
This work was written by the original author, Jiro Asada, while he was living in Inagi City, and Musashi-Kodama City, which appears in the work, is modeled after Inagi City. Many scenes reminiscent of Inagi City also appear in the work.
The DVD of this film is available for sale and rental, so please check it out.
story
August 10, 1945, near the end of the war.
Major Mashiba (Masato Sakai) of the Imperial Army is summoned to the top of the military, including Minister of War Anan, and is given an important secret name.
Secretly transport MacArthur's treasure worth 90 billion yen (approximately 200 trillion yen in today's currency) that General Yamashita captured to an army factory and hide it.
The treasure was military funding that Anan and his friends entrusted with the reconstruction of their homeland after realizing they had lost the war.
Mashiba carries out a top secret mission with Lieutenant Koizumi (Seiji Fukushi) and Sergeant Major Mochizuki (Shido Nakamura).
20 girls are called up for labor mobilization.
For the sake of the kingdom, they unknowingly help hide the treasure, but just when the end of their mission is in sight, the higher ups give them an extremely ruthless order.
What will be the fate of the girls? And what happens to the treasure?
(c) 2011 "Inheritance of the Sun" Production Committee
Work information
Original work by Jiro Asada: ``Poppoya'', ``Ride the Metro'', ``Subaru in the Azure'', etc.
Director Kiyoshi Sasabe Works: “Half Fallen”, “The Sea Without Exit”, etc.
Starring Masato Sakai, Shido Nakamura, Seiji Fukushi, Yusuke Santamaria, Kaoru Yachigusa, and others
distribution
Kadokawa movie
(c)2011 “Legacy of the Sun” Production Committee
Inquiries regarding this page
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