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Red Sun (1971) — Where to Watch · CriticCrunch

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Red Sun

Movie1971·114 min

Red Sun

Directed by Terence Young

A western film directed by Terence Young.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 40%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.8/10

318 ratings

About Red Sun

In 1870, Japanese ambassador Sakaguchi and his entourage travel by train to Washington to deliver a valuable sword to the President of the United States, a gift from the Emperor of Japan. On board the same train are two robbers, Link and Gauche, ready to make their move…

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Neutral (5 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Broad (6 of 9)
Spirit: Light (9 of 9)
Texture: Stylized, Playful
Story Tags: betrayal, sacrifice duty, late 20th century, action combat, american regional, warzone, strangers forced together, action hero, outsider misfit, heist caper, road journey, cat and mouse, heist robbery

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Details

Director: Terence Young
Language: French

Cast

Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshirō Mifune

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How Red Sun Ranks

All movies

Top 40%

1970s movies

Top 56%

Western movies

Top 40%

1970s Western movies

Top 43%

Terence Young films#5 of 6

Top 40% All movies.

the vibe

Red Sun Vibe

What it feels like

briskneutralmoderateeasy to followlight-touchbroadlight

stylized

playful

What it's about

heist caperroad journeycat & mousebetrayalsacrifice dutyaction herooutsider misfitstrangers forced togetheraction combatheist robberyamerican regionalwarzonelate 20th century

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

neutral 5/9neutral 5/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

broad 6/9broad 6/9

spirit

light 9/9light 9/9

texture

stylizedstyled