You’ve probably never seen anything quite like this manic, oddball, anti–buddy picture about a young, jazz-obsessed Japanese drifter and a black American GI on the lam in Tokyo. The two outsiders become outlaws, and Koreyoshi Kurahara depicts their growing bond as an alternately absurd and tragic culture clash. Black Sun (Kuroi taiyo) features original music by American jazz drummer Max Roach.
| Akira ("Mei") | Tamio Kawachi |
| Gill | Chico Roland |
| Yuki | Yuko Chishiro |
| Akira's buddy | Tatsuya Fuji |
| Engineer | Shogen Nitta |
| Owner | Zenji Yamada |
| Old man at the junk shop | Hideji Otaki |
| Director | Koreyoshi Kurahara |
| Producer | Kano Otsuka and Keinosuke Kubo |
| Based on the story by | Tensei Kono |
| Screenplay | Nobuyo Yamada |
| Cinematography | Mitsuji Kanau |
| Production design | Kazuhiko Chiba |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki |
| Music | Toshiro Mayuzumi |
| Performed by | The Max Roach Quartet |
| "Six Bits Blues" performed by | Abbey Lincoln |
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