Rising Sun (1993) on Netflix
During a gala at Nakamoto's Los Angeles headquarters, a call girl is found strangled. Lieutenant Webster Smith and John Connor, a former captain on Japanese affairs, investigate a missing disc.
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Plot summary
Nakamoto, a Japanese keiretsu, holds a gala for its new Los Angeles headquarters. A call girl, Cheryl Lynn Austin, is found strangled. Lieutenant Webster Smith and John Connor, a former captain who knows Japanese affairs, are assigned to liaise with the Japanese executives and with the lead investigator, Smith's old partner Tom Graham. Looking over the surveillance recordings, the two notice that a disc has gone missing. Nakamoto is in talks to buy an American semiconductor company, and Senator John Morton is among the guests.
Cast
- Lauren Robinsonas Zelda "Zelly" Smith
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Rising Sun (1993)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Michael Crichton was paid $1 million for the filming rights to his novel and was attached to write the screenplay, then entered disputes with director Philip Kaufman, who asked for five separate rewrites, and opposed the decision by Kaufman and Joe Roth to cast Wesley Snipes, changing the character's race from Caucasian to African-American.
- Kaufman wound up taking the writing duties, with David Mamet also delivering a draft, and then tried to get a sole screenwriter credit; Writers Guild arbitration decided his contributions were not enough to deny a credit to Crichton and Backes.
- The film attracted controversy and protest from Asian-Americans, including Guy Aoki and other representatives of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, who felt the film demonized Asian people.
