Rising Sun (film)

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Rising Sun
The movie poster for Rising Sun.
Directed by	Philip Kaufman
Produced by	Peter Kaufman
Written by	Michael Crichton Philip Kaufman Michael Backes
Starring	Sean Connery Wesley Snipes
Music by	Tōru 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.

1 Plot
2 Distribution and response
3 Cast
4 Reaction
- 4.1 Box office performance
- 4.2 Awards and critical reception
5 External links

[edit] Plot

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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] 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.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
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] Reaction

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.