IMDb > Behind the Rising Sun (1943)

Behind the Rising Sun (1943) More at IMDbPro »

Photos (see all 1 | slideshow)

Overview

User Rating:
5.3/10   104 votes
MOVIEmeter: ?
Down 19% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Director:
Writers:
James R. Young (book)
Emmet Lavery (original screenplay)
Contact:
View company contact information for Behind the Rising Sun on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
25 January 1946 (Finland) more
Genre:
Tagline:
The year's most timely story.
Plot:
In Japan, foreigners and their Japanese friends are caught up in the rising tide of militarism. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Interesting To Say The Least more (8 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Margo ... Tama Shimamura
Tom Neal ... Taro Seki
J. Carrol Naish ... Reo Seki

Robert Ryan ... Lefty O'Doyle
Gloria Holden ... Sara Braden
Donald Douglas ... Clancy O'Hara (as Don Douglas)
George Givot ... Boris
Adeline De Walt Reynolds ... Grandmother
Leonard Strong ... Tama's Father
more
Create a character page for: ?

Additional Details

Runtime:
88 min
Country:
Language:
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Film debut of Benson Fong. more
Soundtrack:
Alma Mater more

FAQ

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.
13 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
Interesting To Say The Least, 2 August 2003
9/10
Author: John (irishcoffee630@aol.com) from Chicago, Il

Today (even in 1943) this film is very racist dealing with Japanese son educated in US goes back to Japan and takes part in atrocities there and in China. The whole China sequences are very grisly and actually disturbing, such as nailing the baby to the door by his/her pigtail along with the usual raping and pillaging of the Chinese countryside. They even keep the Chinese drugged up with free heroin handouts from trucks that pull into the villages. There is just one "good" Japanese character in the movie, the female secretary who works for an American architect caught in Japan with some Western reporters when WW2 finally erupts. But then these characters get tortured and sentenced to death. On the whole film it is NEVER boring...never. It has very good production and fine actors (even though Japanese are all played by white Europeans a la Charlie Chan). Now get this! RKO was asked by US government to make a picture that would portray Japanese in a real and fair way instead of the crop of anti-Japanese pictures that were made already so to stave off racial hatred toward this group. It was rampant in US (not so, for Germans though, interestingly films about Nazi's always had numerous "good" Germans, never in propaganda Japanese films who were usually portrayed as sub human hordes.)Anyway this was Hollywood's answer to the problem. Unbelievable! Film though is considered an excellent yet hysterical example of WW2 propaganda at the time.

Was the above comment useful to you?
more (8 total)

Message Boards

Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Behind the Rising Sun (1943)

Recommendations

If you enjoyed this title, our database also recommends:
- - - - -
Empire of the Sun Dangerous Moonlight Hotaru no haka Air Force Salute to the Marines
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
Show more recommendations

Related Links

Full cast and crew Company credits External reviews
IMDb Drama section IMDb USA section Add this title to MyMovies

You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process.