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Rising Sun
Directed by
Philip Kaufman
R
1993
2h 5m
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6.3
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When an escort girl is found dead in the offices of a Japanese company in Los Angeles, detectives Web Smith and John Connor act as liaison between the company's executives and the investigating cop Tom Graham.
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Cast of Rising Sun
Sean Connery
Capt. John Connor
Wesley Snipes
Lt. Webster Smith
Tia Carrere
Jingo Asakuma
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Eddie Sakamura
Harvey Keitel
Lt. Tom Graham
Mako
Yoshida-san
Stan Egi
Ishihara
Kevin Anderson
Bob Richmond
Clyde Kusatsu
Tanaka
Ray Wise
Senator John Morton
Lauren Robinson
Zelda "Zelly" Smith
Steve Buscemi
Willy Wilhelm
Tatjana Patitz
Cheryl Lynn Austin
Daniel von Bargen
Chief Olson / Interrogator
Stan Shaw
Phillips
Peter Crombie
Greg
Sam Lloyd
Rick
Alexandra Powers
Julia
Amy Hill
Hsieh
Michael Chapman
Fred Hoffman
Tony Ganios
Perry
Tylyn John
Redhead
Shelley Michelle
Blonde
Toshishiro Obata
Guard at Imperial Arms
Jeff Imada
Eddie Sakamura's Yakuza
Tamara Tunie
Lauren Smith
Tadashi Yamashita
Nakamoto Yakuza
Michael Leopard
Cop
Tom Dahlgren
Jim Donaldson
Joey Miyashima
Young Japanese Negotiator
Nelson Mashita
Young Japanese Negotiator
James Oliver Bullock
Jeff
Michael Kinsley
T. V. Panel Member
Eleanor Clift
T. V. Panel Member
Clarence Page
T. V. Panel Member
Pat Choate
T. V. Panel Member
Steve Clemons
Show Moderator
Dan Butler
Ken Shubik
Michele Ruiz
T. V. Interviewer
Patricia Ayame Thomson
Female Accident Reporter
J. Max Kirishima
Eddie Sakamura's Yakuza
Larry O. Williams Jr.
Younger Brother
Scot Anthony Robinson
First Brother
Keith Leon Williams
Another Brother
Carl A. McGee
Guy at Window
Quincy Adams Jr.
Mean Face
Cecil Brown
Big Guy
Meagen Fay
Hamaguri Receptionist
Max Grodénchik
Club Manager
Gunnar Peterson
Valet
Jessica Tuck
Senator Morton's Aide
Masa Watanabe
Japanese Elevator Guard
Minnie Summers Lindsey
Grandma Otis
Paul Fujimoto
Iwabuchi
Kenji
Tempura Chef
Tak Kubota
Nakamoto Yakuza
Fumio Demura
Nakamoto Yakuza
Dennis Ota
Nakamoto Yakuza
Raymond Kitamura
Nakamoto Yakuza
Rita Weibel
Girl at Eddie's Party
Susan Iida
Girl in Karaoke Western
Seiichi Tanaka
Taiko Drum Master
John Koyama
Yakuza (uncredited)
Leo Lee
Eddie Sakamura's Yakuza (uncredited)
Marina Borawick
Rick's Wife
Debbie David
Senator Morton's Aide
Anthony DeStefanis
Senator's Aide
Dakin Matthews
Professor Sanders
Philip Kaufman
Director / Writer
Michael Crichton
Writer
Michael Backes
Writer
Peter Kaufman
Producer
Rising Sun Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Tribune
Gene Siskel
A major disappointment from first-class director Philip Kaufman.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
It never rises past a second-rate thriller.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Kaufman's film is flawed. but not as bad as critics claim-- charges of racism made this adaptation controversial even before it was seen.
TIME Magazine
Richard Schickel
It would be nice to see Connery doing something intrinsically interesting instead of trying to make something inherently dull entertaining. And it would be good to see Snipes cut loose more than he is able to here.
Newsweek
David Ansen
As the plot grows more intricate, strangely the tension dissipates, until finally the movie just seems to run out of breath.
TV Guide
The film grafts a fiercely modernist feel onto characters and themes right out of a 1940s film noir--an impressive achievement that more than makes up for a ponderous storyline.
Variety
Todd McCarthy
When working in genre territory before, the idiosyncratic Kaufman has shown a marked tendency to debunk or subvert conventions. Playing it straight here, he brings little to the table.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
I found it pretty entertaining, as well as provocative in some of its comments about contemporary life.
Flipside Movie Emporium
Rob Vaux
Snipes at his coolest still can't save this xenophobic piece of studio flotsam.
FulvueDrive-in.com
Chuck O'Leary
An intriguing, sensual whodunit that would have been even better had it not succumb to political correctness and changed the identity of the killer from Crichton's novel.
TheMovieReport.com
Michael Dequina
The film disappoints, but Snipes and Connery don't.
Entertainment Insiders
Jonathan W. Hickman
A 1980s style film adaptation of a Michael Crichton novel.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
It directs attention not to the internal reasons for America's economic problems, but to inscrutable, generalized, unknown others from abroad, whose yellow skins and strange manners announce their evil purposes as much as their unfair trade practices.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
The flaws don't cripple what is a fiercely funny, exciting and provocative detective story about the crimes of corporate culture -- crimes that transcend race and geography.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The screenplay by Kaufman, Crichton and Michael Backes is not about much of anything important.
Austin Chronicle
Louis Black
The film works because of the world it creates, aided by the cinematography of Michael Chapman and the set design of frequent Coppola collaborator Dean Tavoularis.
Washington Post
Hal Hinson
Connery is heaven, and so is the movie.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
A thoroughly gratifying prestige thriller, thanks to riveting suspense and two brilliant stars.
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