Rising Sun (film)

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Rising Sun
Image:Rising sun movie poster 1993.jpg 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	Tôru Takemitsu
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	July 30, 1993
Running time	125 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

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 summary
2 Quotes
3 Cast
4 External links

[edit] Plot summary

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] Quotes

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.