Rising Sun (1993)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Philip Kaufman

Writers (WGA):

Michael Crichton (novel)
Philip Kaufman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

30 July 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller | Action

Plot:

At the offices of a Japanese corporation, during a party, a woman, who's evidently a professional mistress...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Japanese | Detective | Business | Hara Kiri

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Sean Connery	...	Capt. John Connor
Wesley Snipes	...	Lt. Webster 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
Peter Crombie	...	Greg
Sam Lloyd	...	Rick
Alexandra Powers	...	Julia

Runtime:

125 min | USA:129 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Australia:M (TV rating) | Iceland:16 | Philippines:R-18 | Netherlands:12 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Japanese Garden, Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant - 6100 Woodley Avenue, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Writers Michael Crichton and Michael Backes quit the project largely over disagreement with director Philip Kaufman that one of the lead characters should be changed into an African-American.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: The first scene shows the Japanese girl to have a deformed left hand. In one scene where she stands up and pulls her blouse down, it is very clear that her left hand is normal. In a subsequent scene, when she is explaining herself to Web Smith, her left hand again appears deformed.

Quotes:

John Connor: We may come from a fragmented MTV rap video culture, but they do not.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Slanted Screen (2006)

Soundtrack:

GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE

Mystery killing with politics background about East-West confrontation

The background film is the American-Japonese business competition in L.A. where a cop(Wesley Snipes) accused by corruption teams up with Japanese expert old man(Sean Connery). They're investigating a killing case filmed in videotape recording and located in an important corporation ruled by powerful manager(Mako)and implicates a senator(Ray Wise).The homicide is committed on boardroom table while a beautiful prostitute is strangled when having sex with her lover, being prime suspect a Japanese executive(Gary -Hiroyuki Tagawa).The identity of the murderer is taken by security camera on a missing disk. Meantime, another tough police(Harvey Keitel) is also investigating and they're helped by a gorgeous video expert(Tia Carrere). Soon discover on the final breaking point that even the truth can lie.

The tale mingles suspense, thriller, mystery, quick action, buddy movie and is quite entertaining. However the complicated script contains some flaws and gaps originating fail on credibility but gets its nice moments here and there. Based on controversial novel by Michael Crichton, is adapted by Philip Kaufman and Crichton, blending business, Japanese customs, high technology and international politics, turning out some confusing and silly. For that reason, the screenplay was rewritten several times, focusing more the killing suspense and relying heavily on relationship between two leads and the differences US-Japan . Evocative Japanese music score by Takemitsu( Kurosawa's usual musician) and appropriate cinematography with stylized camera techniques by Michael Chapman. This one gets acceptable direction by Philip Kaufman(Quills, Right stuff, Body snatchers). The film will like to Wesley Snipes and Sean Connery fans.