Rising Sun (film)
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| Directed by | Philip Kaufman |
| Produced by | Peter Kaufman |
| Written by | Michael Crichton[1] Philip Kaufman Michael Backes |
| Starring | Sean Connery Wesley Snipes Harvey Keitel Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Kevin Anderson Mako Tia Carrere |
| Music by | Tōru Takemitsu |
| Cinematography | Michael Chapman |
| Editing by | Stephen A. Rotter William S. Scharf |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | July 30, 1993 |
| Running time | 125 minutes |
| Language | English Japanese |
| Budget | $35 million |
| Box office | $107,198,790 |
Rising Sun is a 1993 film directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Sean Connery (who was also an executive producer), Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. Kaufman, Michael Crichton and Michael Backes wrote the screenplay, based on Crichton's novel of the same name.[2]
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Plot[edit]
During a party at the United States offices of a Japanese corporation, a professional escort (Tatjana Patitz) 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 Sakamura (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), who is the son of a wealthy Japanese businessman (a longtime friend of Connor). After recovering the original unaltered footage, the video shows the prostitute was only unconscious following rough sex with a powerful politician at the party, and a company employee strangled her after the politician left. The head of the company was unaware of the crime and subsequent cover-up, and exiles 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 Eddie's Yakuza friends, who bury him in wet concrete.
Cast[edit]
- Sean Connery as Capt. John Connor
- Wesley Snipes as Lt. Webster "Web" Smith
- Harvey Keitel as Lt. Tom Graham
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Edward "Eddie" Sakamura
- Kevin Anderson as Bob Richmond
- Mako as Yoshida-san
- Ray Wise as Senator John Morton
- Stan Egi as Ishihara
- Stan Shaw as Phillips
- Tia Carrere as Jingo Asakuma
- Steve Buscemi as Willy "The Weasel" Wilhelm
- Tatjana Patitz as Cheryl Lynn Austin
- Michele Ruiz as Television Interviewer
Reaction[edit]
Box office performance[edit]
Rising Sun was released on 30 July 1993 in 1,510 theaters across the US.[3] 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.
Awards and critical reception[edit]
The film received a mixed response from critics.[4][5][6][7] It currently holds a 35% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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.
References[edit]
- ^ Galbraith, Jane (1993-03-18). "'Rising' Differences: Michael Crichton's best-seller is opening this summer. But not without script battles and character changes". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
- ^ Variety film review; August 2, 1993.
- ^ Fox, David J. (1993-08-02). "'Sun' Rises Over 'Justice'". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ Schickel, Richard (1993-08-02). "Cultural Confusions". Time. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ "Cross-Cultural Crime Story". Newsweek. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
- ^ "Rising Sun". Washington Post. 1993-07-30. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
- ^ Dutka, Elaine (1992-03-08). "OFF-CENTERPIECE : MOVIES : Hollywood Scared of the Japanese? (You Say They Like This Movie?!)". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
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