Rising Sun

UPC: 024543401179

Studio: 20th Century Fox

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity]

Summary: When Michael Crichton wrote his best-selling thriller Rising Sun, he wrote the character of hero John Connor with Sean Connery in mind. For Philip Kaufman's film version of the novel, Sean Connery, needless to say, fits seamlessly into the role of a legendary police detective who is an expert in Japanese culture. The story takes place in the towering office building of the Japanese Nakamoto Corporation in Los Angeles, who are negotiating a deal with Microcon, an American electronics firm. During a gala held one night in the Nakamoto offices, the body of a woman, Cheryl Lynn Austin (Tatjana Patitz) is found murdered in the main conference room. Arriving quickly on the scene is high-amped police lieutenant Tom Graham (Harvey Keitel), who oozes hatred for anything Japanese from every pore. When he has trouble getting cooperation from the Nakatomo executives, Graham calls in Web Smith (Wesley Snipes), a Special Services liaison, and John Connor (Connery), a man well-versed in Japanese culture and traditions. Together they form a team as they investigate the crime. Connor questions computer video expert Jingo (Tia Carrere), who works on a security system computer disc that captures the killer's identity. The only problem is that the image of the killer on the disc has been altered to conceal the murderer's face. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

Category: Crime

Features: Original theatrical trailer

Rising Sun

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 12/05/2006

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DTS Digital Theater Systems, DDS Dolby Digital Surround, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 129 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: Blu-ray region A (North America, Central America, South America, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia)

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Rising Sun
1. Main Title: Bored to Death
2. Final Proposal
3. Rolling Out the Red Carpet
4. Web Smith: Special Services Liaison
5. Picking Up Connor
6. Scene of the Crime
7. Questioning Security
8. The Love Shack
9. Crashing Eddie's Party
10. In the War Zone; The Missing Disc
11. Just Like Old Times
12. Wake-Up Call
13. Fishy Reflections
14. Playing Catch-Up
15. Eluding Retaliation
16. Jingo's Story
17. Exposure
18. A Closed-and-Open Case
19. On the Take
20. Still Alive
21. Caught in the Middle
22. Viewing the Original Disc
23. Unprotected by Technology
24. The World Premiere
25. A Perfect Day for Golf
26. End Titles

Michael Costello

Philip Kaufman's adaptation of Michael Crichton's Japan-bashing potboiler is a fairly standard buddy-cop movie featuring a pair of entertaining star performances. Although the novel's overblown alarmism about the dangers of a dominant Japan would soon be undercut by the meltdown of its economy, the director shrewdly muted the xenophobic material that had made the book so controversial, transforming it into a noirishly incomprehensible film, whose byzantine plot, proliferating characters, and hints of a parallel world of unspeakable vice evokes The Big Sleep. Unfortunately, Kaufman treats this pulpy material with an undeserved seriousness, slowing the pace of the film in a way which underlines its frequently inane dialogue and whimsical plotting. Yet Sean Connery has a great time as the larger-than-life detective whose omniscience regarding all things Asian borders on the comic, and the chemistry of his mentor/student relationship with partner Wesley Snipes carries the viewer smoothly over some of the lamer moments. Also worth noting is the handsome production design of Coppola associate Dean Tavoularis ~ Michael Costello, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Tom Dahlgren  Actor 
Clyde Kusatsu  Actor 
Nelson Mashita  Actor 
Max Kirishima  Actor 
Meagen Fay  Actor 
Michael Chapman  Actor 
Lauren Robinson  Actor 
Max Grodenchik  Actor 
Alexandra Powers  Actor 
Donna Isaacson  Actor 
Shelley Michelle  Actor 
Jessica Tuck  Actor 
Tak Kubota  Actor 
Fumio Demura  Actor 
Carl A. McGee  Actor 
Toshishiro Obata  Actor 
Tadashi Yamashita  Actor 
Peter Crombie  Actor 
Jeff Imada  Actor 
Dan Butler  Actor 
Tony Ganios  Actor 
Joey Miyashima  Actor 
Daniel Von Bargen  Actor 
Michael Leopard  Actor 
Amy Hill  Actor 
Scot Anthony Robinson  Actor 
Keith Hickles  Actor 
Sean Connery  Executive Producer 
Toru Takemitsu  Composer (Music Score) 
Ian Bryce  Producer 
Michael Crichton  Screenwriter 
Peter Kaufman  Producer 
Philip Kaufman  Director 
Philip Kaufman  Screenwriter 
Michael Backes  Screenwriter 
Sean Connery  Actor 
Wesley Snipes  Actor 
Harvey Keitel  Actor 
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa  Actor 
Kevin Anderson  Actor 
Mako  Actor 
Ray Wise  Actor 
Stan Egi  Actor 
Stan Shaw  Actor 
Tia Carrere  Actor 
Steve Buscemi  Actor 
Tatjana Patitz  Actor 

Country: USA