The Day the Sun Rose (1968)

Release Date: 1968-11-23
Runtime: 2h 48min
Production Company: Nippon Eiga Fukko Kyokai
Production Country: Japan
Director: Tetsuya Yamanouchi
Writers: Naoyuki Suzuki , Kunio Shimizu .

Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in peaceful celebration.