Rising Sun (film)
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| Directed by | Philip Kaufman |
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| Produced by | Peter Kaufman |
| Written by | Michael Crichton Philip Kaufman Michael Backes |
| Starring | Sean Connery Wesley Snipes |
| Music by | Tōru Takemitsu |
| Cinematography | Michael Chapman |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | July 30, 1993 |
| Running time | 125 min. |
| Language | English / Japanese |
Rising Sun is a 1993 film directed by Philip Kaufman. The film stars Sean Connery (who was also the executive producer), Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. Kaufman, Michael Crichton and Michael Backes wrote the screenplay, which was based on Crichton's novel of the same name.
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[edit] Plot
During a party at the United States offices of a Japanese corporation, a professional escort is found dead, apparently after a violent sexual encounter. Police Detective Web Smith (Wesley Snipes) and John Connor (Sean Connery), a former police Captain and expert on Japanese affairs, are sent to investigate.
During the initial investigation, Smith believes the evidence indicates a sexual encounter and murder, however Connor insists there is a deeper involvement by the corporation. After a grueling investigation Connor receives a disc which contains the surveillance footage from the night of the murder. This later turns out to be a digitally altered video of the actual murder.
The alteration implicates Eddie (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), who is the son of a wealthy Japanese businessman. After recovering the original unaltered footage the video shows that the prostitute was only unconscious following rough sex with a powerful politician at the party, and that a company employee strangled her after the politician left. The head of the company was unaware of the crime and subsequent cover up, and exiled the perpetrator of the cover up to a desk job in Japan. The murderer himself runs away when he is identified, but is soon taken care of by Eddies Yakuza friends.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Sean Connery | Capt. John Connor |
| Wesley Snipes | Lt. Webster "Web" Smith |
| Harvey Keitel | Lt. Tom Graham |
| Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | Eddie Sakamura |
| Kevin Anderson | Bob Richmond |
| Mako | Yoshida-san |
| Ray Wise | Senator John Morton |
| Stan Egi | Ishihara |
| Stan Shaw | Phillips |
| Tia Carrere | Jingo Asakuma |
| Steve Buscemi | Willy "The Weasel" Wilhelm |
| Tatjana Patitz | Cheryl Lynn Austin |
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[edit] Box office performance
Rising Sun was released on 30 July 1993 in 1,510 theaters across the US. It grossed $15,195,941 (24.1% of total gross) on its opening weekend. During its run in theaters, the film grossed $63,179,523 (58.9%) in the US and $44,019,267 (41.1%) overseas for a worldwide total of $107,198,790. The film spent six weeks in the Top 10.
[edit] Awards and critical reception
Rising Sun won the ASCAP Award in the category of Top Box Office Films in 1994, and was nominated for a PFS Award in the category for best Exposé in 1994.
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| Preceded by Poetic Justice |
Box office number-one films of 1993 (USA) August 1, 1993 |
Succeeded by The Fugitive |
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