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Rising Sun ()

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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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Capt. John Connor
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Lt. Webster Smith
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Lt. Tom Graham
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Eddie Sakamura
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Bob Richmond
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Yoshida-san
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Senator John Morton
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Ishihara
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Phillips
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Jingo Asakuma
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Willy 'the Weasel' Wilhelm
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Cheryl Lynn Austin
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Greg
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Rick
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Julia
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Chief Olson / Interrogator
Lauren Robinson ...
Zelda 'Zelly' Smith
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Hsieh
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Jim Donaldson
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Tanaka
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Fred Hoffman
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Young Japanese Negotiator
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Young Japanese Negotiator
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Lauren
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Perry
James Oliver Bullock ...
Jeff
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T. V. Panel Member
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T. V. Panel Member
Clarence Page ...
T. V. Panel Member
Pat Choate ...
T. V. Panel Member
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Show Moderator (as Steven C. Clemons)
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Ken Shubik
Toshishiro Obata ...
Guard at Imperial Arms
Tylyn John ...
Redhead
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Blonde
Michele Ruiz ...
T. V. Interviewer
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Female Accident Reporter
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Eddie Sakamura's Yakuza
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Eddie Sakamura's Yakuza (as Max Kirishima)
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Younger Brother
Scot Anthony Robinson ...
First Brother
Keith Leon Williams ...
Another Brother (as Keith Leon Hickles)
Carl A. McGee ...
Guy at Window
Quincy Adams Jr. ...
Mean Face
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Big Guy
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Hamaguri Receptionist
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Club Manager
Gunnar Peterson ...
Valet
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Senator Morton's Aide
Masa Watanabe ...
Japanese Elevator Guard
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Grandma Otis
Paul Fujimoto ...
Iwabuchi
Kenji ...
Tempura Chef
Michael Leopard ...
Cop
Tak Kubota ...
Nakamoto Yakuza
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Nakamoto Yakuza
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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
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marina Borawick ...
Rick's Wife (uncredited)
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Senator Morton's Aide (uncredited)
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Senator's Aide (uncredited)
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Yakuza (uncredited)
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Eddie Sakamura's Yakuza (uncredited)
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Professor Sanders (uncredited)

Directed by

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Philip Kaufman

Written by

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Michael Crichton ... (novel)
 
Philip Kaufman ... (screenplay) and
Michael Crichton ... (screenplay) &
Michael Backes ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Ian Bryce ... line producer
Sean Connery ... executive producer
Peter Kaufman ... producer

Music by

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Tôru Takemitsu

Cinematography by

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Michael Chapman ... director of photography

Editing by

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Stephen A. Rotter
William S. Scharf

Editorial Department

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Gary Burritt ... negative cutter
Elisa Cohen ... assistant editor
Robert Grahamjones ... assistant editor
Dennis McNeill ... color timer
Kevin Rose-Williams ... assistant editor
Tara Timpone ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Donna Isaacson

Production Design by

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Dean Tavoularis

Art Direction by

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Angelo P. Graham

Set Decoration by

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Gary Fettis

Costume Design by

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Jacqueline West

Makeup Department

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Kim Santantonio ... key hair stylist

Production Management

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Ian Bryce ... unit production manager
Susan Spencer Robbins ... production supervisor
James Murdoch ... production assistant (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Matthew Carlisle ... first assistant director
Frank Davis ... second assistant director
Cellin Gluck ... additional second assistant director
Lucille OuYang ... second second assistant director
Rebecca Strickland Weathersby ... second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Michael E. Bucaro ... plasterer foreman
Peggy Casey ... art department coordinator
Dan Colegrove ... propmaker
Dale DeStefani ... foreman
Marc Fambro ... labor foreman / laborer
Robert C. Goldstein ... set designer
Sean Haworth ... set designer
Eric A. Hulett ... buyer
Kurt V. Hulett ... co-lead man
Peter J. Kelly ... set designer
Mark Knapton ... propmaker
Michael Kolko ... set estimator
Joseph McGovern ... propmaker
Sam Mendoza ... propmaker foreman
James J. Murakami ... assistant art director
Maureen Osborne ... art department coordinator
John J. Rutchland III ... general foreman
Mike Sasgen ... carpenter
Alex Tavoularis ... assistant art director
Gary J. Coelho ... laborer (uncredited)
Carl Robarge ... molder/caster (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Richard Beggs ... re-recording mixer
Karen Brocco ... assistant foley editor
Lindakay Brown ... assistant adr editor
Lisa Chino ... assistant sound effects editor
Lee Cruikshank ... apprentice dialogue editor (as Theodore Lee Cruikshank)
Teresa Eckton ... dialogue editor
Dan Engstrom ... assistant sound effects editor
Frank E. Eulner ... sound effects editor (as Frank Eulner)
Amy Leigh Hunter ... dailies transfer operator
Tom Johnson ... re-recording mixer
Jeff Kliment ... sound
Ann Kroeber ... sound effects editor
Jeffrey Kroeber ... foley editor
Clayton Leander ... dailies transfer operator
Mary Helen Leasman ... assistant dialogue editor
David Macmillan ... sound mixer
Thomas O'Shea ... assistant dialogue editor
Claire Sanfilippo ... assistant dialogue editor
Robert Shoup ... foley supervisor
Alan Splet ... sound designer
Dianna Stirpe ... dialogue editor
Ewa Sztompke ... dialogue editor
Patti Tauscher ... assistant sound effects editor
John Verbeck ... sound effects editor
Hugh Waddell ... adr supervisor
Marian Wallace ... re-recording mixer
James Allen ... sound re-recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Larry L. Fuentes ... special effects supervisor
David Cohen ... mold maker (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Mark A.Z. Dippé ... visual effects supervisor
TyRuben Ellingson ... visual effects art director
Benton Jew ... concept artist
Jonathan Keeton ... digital artist: Western Images
Nancy Luckoff ... CG coordinator
Dan McNamara ... visual effects editor
Jim Morris ... senior staff: ILM (uncredited)
Michael Olague ... visual effects crew
Jimi Simmons ... visual effects artist

Stunts

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Bobby Bass ... stunts
Janet Brady ... stunts
Eugene Collier ... stunts
Oscar Dillon ... stunts (as Oscar [Big O'] Dillon)
Shane Dixon ... stunts
Frank Ferrara ... stunts
Jack Gill ... stunts
Buddy Joe Hooker ... stunts
Brian Imada ... stunts
Jeff Imada ... stunt coordinator
Steven D. Ito ... stunts
Jeff Jensen ... stunts
Henry Kingi ... stunts
John Koyama ... stunts (as a different name)
Leo Lee ... stunts
Roy K. Ogata ... stunts
Alan Oliney ... stunts
Denney Pierce ... stunts
Ronnie Rondell Jr. ... stunts (as Ronnie Rondell)
Bill M. Ryusaki ... stunts (as Bill Ryusaki)
Marcus Salgado ... fight consultant
Dick Warlock ... stunts
Danny Wong ... stunts
Dick Ziker ... stunts
Steven Ho ... stunts (uncredited)
Alan Oliney ... stunt double: Wesley Snipes (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jamie Anderson ... additional photographer
Jamie Barber ... first assistant camera
John J. Connor ... additional photographer (as John Connor Sr.) / director of photography: second unit
John T. Connor ... first assistant camera: "b" camera / second assistant camera: "a" camera
Vincent Contarino ... best boy electric
Lowell Crisp ... electrician
Scott Febbo ... grip rigger
Dan Moore ... video operator (as Daniel P. Moore)
Randy Nolen ... steadicam operator
Nick Shuster ... camera loader
Jeff Stanman ... lighting technician
Michael T. Travers ... best boy grip
Erik A. Erichsen ... rigging electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Lisa Clarkson ... casting associate
Mariann H.W. Lee ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Alison Gail Bixby ... set costumer
Hans Georg Struhar ... costumer / set costumer

Location Management

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Jody Hummer ... assistant location manager
James McCabe ... location manager
Eva M. Schroeder ... assistant location manager
Tom Ingersoll ... location scout (uncredited)

Music Department

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Rounok Shahriar Aayat ... music contractor (as Ichiro Uno)
Pamela Faulk ... apprentice music editor
Hiroyuki Iwaki ... conductor
Richard Marriott ... composer: additional music
Kevin Rose-Williams ... assistant music editor
Alan Splet ... music editor
Jeffery Stephens ... music editor
Shinichi Tanaka ... music mixer
Joshua Raoul Brody ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Bobby Bruce ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Bob Calderwood ... music copyist (uncredited)
Lars Clutterham ... music copyist (uncredited)
Domenick Genova ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Daniel Gold ... orchestrator (uncredited)
John F. Hammond ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Mitch Holder ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Jo Ann Kane ... music copyist (uncredited)
Richard Marriott ... conductor: additional music (uncredited)
Tommy Morgan ... musician: harmonica (uncredited)
Willie Ornelas ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Nik Phelps ... musician: woodwind (uncredited)
Meyer Rubin ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Rich Ruttenberg ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Kenny Wollesen ... musician: percussion (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Karen Golden ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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James Nordberg ... driver: props
Tim Sisson ... picture car mechanic
George Grenier ... driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Vicki Dee Rock ... production accountant
Carolyn Hagan ... assistant production office coordinator
Robb Hastigan ... payroll accountant
Kimberly Jase ... post-production accountant
Jamie Kehoe ... craft service
Daniel Pinder ... production assistant (as Dan Pinder)
Carrie Seeley ... assistant: Mr. Snipes
Randy Walker ... technical advisor: police
Kyle Cooper ... title designer (uncredited)
Vanessa Grayson ... stand-in: Tia Carrera (uncredited)
Shelley Michelle ... body double: sushi scene (uncredited)
Ante Novakovic ... assistant: Harvey Keitel (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

At the offices of a Japanese corporation, during a party, a woman, who's evidently a professional mistress, is found dead, apparently after some rough sex. A police detective, Web Smith is called in to investigate, but before getting there, he gets a call from someone who instructs him to pick up John Connor, a former police Captain and expert on Japanese affairs. When they arrive there, Web thinks that everything is obvious, but Connor tells him that there's a lot more going on. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com

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Taglines A coalition of East and West. A conspiracy of seduction and murder. A battle between tradition and power. Business is war. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Soleil levant (France)
  • Die Wiege der Sonne (Germany)
  • Sol naciente (Spain)
  • Sol naixent (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Anatellon ilos (Greece)
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Runtime
  • 125 min
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Box Office

Budget $35,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $15,100,000
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $107,198,790

Did You Know?

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Trivia Michael Crichton wrote the part of Connor with Sir Sean Connery in mind. Indeed, the very name "John Connor" is an Anglicization of "Sean Connery". See more »
Goofs Senator Morton receives a color fax on a machine far too simple a model to accept one. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Coneheads/Benefit of the Doubt/Poetic Justice/Another Stakeout/Hocus Pocus (1993). See more »
Soundtracks Tsunami See more »
Crazy Credits There is a credit in Rising Sun thanking "The MIT Leg Lab" and "Marc Raibert and his Running Team." This refers to a short scene where the two detectives go out to a fancy-looking research lab (really a water treatment plant; also used as the set for Starfleet Academy on the TV series "Star Trek - The Next Generation). In the background of some of the shots there are two legged robots: one hopping in a circle in a tea-house; the other bouncing up a garden path. These robots are actually academic research projects from the MIT AI Lab's Legged Locomotion Lab. They really do hop about and maintain their balance. Power comes from off-board hydraulic pumps (hence the guy in the background (me!) pulling hoses for the robot), and body attitude is sensed with gyroscopes. A human with a joystick tells the robot what direction to go, and the control algorithms (which are the real subject of Leg Lab research) maintain speed, direction, and balance. However, the robots aren't designed for special effects. They're always being modified, and they tend to break down frequently. This made shooting in the hot july sun of the San Fernando Valley a real nightmare, with transputers crashing in the heat, stuck gyros, and hydraulic leaks. Three grad students and a professor worked steadily for about a month before Hollywood, and then five days on the set and on location to get the robots in about 15 seconds of film. The credits are: Marc Raibert (our prof), and Charles Francois, Rob Playter and Lee Campbell (me) who are students. We three students appear in the film in white lab coats acting like Robot Scientists!! See more »
Quotes John Connor: The Japanese have a saying, "Fix the problem, not the blame." Find out what's fucked up and fix it. Nobody gets blamed. We're always after who fucked up. Their way is better.
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