a5c7b9f00b 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. 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. I've never understood the comments that "Rising Sun" is so derogatory to the Japanese, because if you pay attention to it, you'll see that Americans in the film come out much worse. <br/><br/>Every American man in the film is either a sell-out or a sleaze bucket-- as is the murderer--and every American woman is basically a sex slave serving some old Japanese man (not to mention their breakthrough roles as Eddie Sakamura's sushi plate and sake straw).<br/><br/>When I first saw this movie in 1993, I came out of the theater with a much more negative view of my own compatriots than I did the Japanese.<br/><br/>Do you think it's a coincidence that the film's wise hero is a Scot, not an American?<br/><br/>So the question I ask is, Do the Americans come out any better? At the offices of a Japanese corporation, during a party, a woman, who is evidently a professional mistress, is found dead, apparently after some rough hanky panky.<br/><br/>1993 was apparently a good year for Michael Crichton. He had "Jurassic Park", one of the biggest hits of all time. And then he had this, which I think has been more or less forgotten. Which is a bit of a shame, because the Connery / Snipes pairing is interesting, as is the slight dip into the Yakuza.<br/><br/>My concern with the film is its emphasis on digital technology. I was around in 1993 and computer literate. Surely editing a video was possible, but to the extent it is shown here? It would be darn near impossible... the frame-by-frame editing would take much too long. But if I ignore that, it makes for a great thriller. The film's mysteriousness is not profound. Anybody who hasn't guessed the killer's identity after 30 minutes should be forced to watch Rising Sun three times a day until Christmas. The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. It is assumed that no one who is diligently avoiding spoilers will be visiting this page in the first place.
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