Rising Sun (film)
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| Directed by | Philip Kaufman |
| Produced by | Peter Kaufman |
| Written by | Michael Crichton Philip Kaufman Michael Backes |
| Starring | Sean Connery Wesley Snipes |
| Music by | Tôru Takemitsu |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | July 30, 1993 |
| Running time | 125 min. |
| Language | English |
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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 Rising Sun.
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[edit] Plot
Lt. Web Smith (Snipes) is a police detective called in to investigate the death of an American woman at a party in the offices of a Japanese corporation. Former police captain John Connor (Connery) tells him that there's more going on than meets the eye.
[edit] Cast
Cast members include:
- Sean Connery - Capt. John Connor
- Wesley Snipes - Lt. Webster "Web" Smith
- Harvey Keitel - Lt. Tom Graham
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa - Eddie Sakamura
- Mako - Yoshida-san
- Ray Wise - Senator Morton
- Tia Carrere - Jingo Asakuma
- Steve Buscemi - Willy "The Weasel" Wilhelm
- Tatjana Patitz - Cheryl Lynn Austin
[edit] Trivia
- The Japanese release of the movie has an edited dialogue between Web Smith and Jingo Asakuma. In the original version, Jingo says, "Do you know the term 'hisabetsu burakumin'?", referring to burakumin minority in Japan. In the Japanese release, the original dialogue is replaced by "Do you know the term 'racial prejudice'?" The change was likely due to the long-standing taboo in Japan to references to the burakumin. No other changes to the dialogue were made.
- Elenor Clift, plays a pundit in the movie, herself one in real life, regularly appearing on The Mclaughlin Group
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