Dash to the Sun (1966)
Overview
A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo with a big dream of becoming a composer, and despite the unfamiliar city life, sticks to his original intentions with the gentle encouragement of his young wife, and takes the music world by storm.
Cast
Sonny Chiba
Yukiyo Toake
Hiroyuki Nagato
Kenji Imai
Reiko Ōhara
Ichirō Sugai
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Eijirō Tōno
Hiroshi Yagyu
Kenji Sugawara
Hideo Sunazuka
Akikane Sawa
Kakuko Chino
Zeko Nakamura
Genji Kawai
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