Rising Sun (film)

Infobox_Film
name=Rising Sun


caption= The movie poster for "Rising Sun".
imdb_id=0107969
writer=Michael Crichton
Philip Kaufman
Michael Backes
starring=Sean Connery
Wesley Snipes
director=Philip Kaufman
producer=Peter Kaufman
music=Tōru Takemitsu | distributor=20th Century Fox
released=July 30, 1993
runtime=125 min.
language=English
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awards=
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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 of the same name.

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 known as MicroCon. Former police captain John Connor (Connery) tells him that there's more going on than meets the eye. After a grueling investigation, Connor receives a small disc which contains the surveillance footage from the night of the murder. It is later revealed that the disc had been heavily edited so as to falsely implicate Eddie, who is son of a fabulously wealthy Japanese businessman. It appeared that whoever killed this woman wanted two things: Eddie to be tried for murder and the Senator, played by Ray Wise, to be held responsible as well.

Distribution and response

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'?" No other changes to the dialogue were made.Fact|date=April 2008

Cast

Reaction

Box office performance

"Rising Sun" was released on 30 July 1993 in 1,510 theaters across the US. 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

"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.

External links

*imdb title|id=0107969|title=Rising Sun
*" [http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1800192012&cf=info Rising Sun] " at Yahoo! Movies
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*mojo title|id=risingsun|title=Rising Sun
*amg movie|id=1:41512|title=Rising Sun
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