Soleil rouge (1971)

Director:

Terence Young

Writers:

Laird Koenig (writer)
Denne Bart Petitclerc (writer)

Release Date:

9 June 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Western

Tagline:

2 Desperados ... 1 Hellcat ... and a Samurai ... the greatest fighting force the West has ever known!

Plot:

The Japanese ambassador is travelling through the Wild West by train, when gangsters hold up the train...

Plot Keywords:

Samurai | Beautiful Woman | Color In Title | Spaghetti Western | Female Nudity

Cast

Charles Bronson	...	Link Stuart
Ursula Andress	...	Cristina
Toshirô Mifune	...	Kuroda Jubie
Alain Delon	...	Gauche, a.k.a. Gotch Kink
Capucine	...	Pepita
Barta Barri	...	Paco (as Bart Barry)
Guido Lollobrigida	...	Mace (as Lee Burton)
Anthony Dawson	...	Hyatt (as Tony Dawson)
Gianni Medici	...	Miguel (as John Hamilton)
Georges Lycan	...	Sheriff Stone (as George W. Lycan)
Luc Merenda	...	Chato (as Luke Merenda)
Tetsu Nakamura	...	Japanese Ambassador (as Satoshi Nakamura)
Jo Nieto
Julio Peña	...	Peppie (as Jules Pena)
Mónica Randall	...	Maria

Also Known As:

Red Sun (USA)
Sol rojo (Spain)
Sole rosso (Italy)
The Magnificient Three (Philippines: English title)

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

France | Italy | Spain

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor and Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Iceland:12 | West Germany:16 (f) | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1990) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1971) | Norway:15 (video rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Portugal:M/18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Tabernas, Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Les Films Corona

Trivia:

One of the Seven Samurai (Toshirô Mifune) and one of The Magnificent Seven (Charles Bronson) are in the movie.

Goofs:

Factual errors: This story takes place around 1870. During the train robbery, several calvary soldiers are shown with foreign type bolt action rifles. The US calvary troops were not issued bolt action rifles during this period, but were equipped with either lever-action Spencer carbines or single-shot Sharps carbines, with single-shot "trap-door" Springield carbines being introduced in 1873.

Movie Connections:

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Toshiro Mifune GREAT!!!!

I just got Red Sun and enjoyed it. It's kinda hard to explain it in writing, you have to watch it. It's worth the time. Charles Bronson fans will like his performance as Link, a thief who's forced to team up with Toshiro Mifune's character Kuroda-a Samurai who has 7 days to get back a sword stolen while traveling to the US capital in 1870(around that time); the sword was to be a gift to the prez.

Toshiro's performace was great, simply great. Fans will like this. It is very odd to hear him speak english...especially when he never really learned it in the first place! There's many great little bits in the movie like when Link is trying to escape from Kuroda...he just can't get away from him. They way Kuroda begins to really relax in the saloon cracks me up..he's usually stiff and mean looking..well, not that mean looking. I voted a 10 for this....