Rising Sun Page #4

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Philip Kaufman
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
34%
R
Year:
1993
129 min
702 Views


We'd like to cooperate,

but you can't start without a warrant.

- Bullshit. We don't need a warrant.

- We can get a warrant in 1 5 minutes.

- But we do have a reported homicide here.

- Homicide? More likely a drug overdose.

We can't determine that until we investigate.

Obviously.

But I'm concerned about the attempt to link

this girl's death to our reception downstairs.

- Looks like she's wearing a party dress to me.

- She's wearing a dress, I agree.

You have to appreciate the position

of the Nakamoto Corporation.

- Sir, I do appreciate...

- This is an important evening for us.

A very public evening.

We don't want it marred by allegations

about the death of a woman of no importance.

- Of no importance?

- You have some nerve.

- I can't imagine how she got in the building...

- You have some nerve!

..but your Lieutenant Graham intends

to go down and interrogate everybody,

including the mayor,

the senators, and congressmen.

Graham said that?

Oh, Christ.

What is this? Do you mind turning around?

Who is this guy?

Mr Tanaka works for Nakamoto Security.

- Get him outta here.

- We have authorised Mr Tanaka to be here.

I'm authoring his ass out. He's contaminating

the crime scene. I want his film.

- We must undertake our own private inquiry.

- Let me tell you,

I'm getting a warrant and a restraining order.

- Why don't you do that? Be my guest.

- Excuse me.

Perhaps I can be of assistance.

(speaks Japanese)

John Connor-san.

(speaks Japanese)

Ishihara-san, I'm sure none of your guests

could be involved in this incident.

They are free to go as they wish.

I am grateful for your assistance.

But before they leave, give me

the names of those gentlemen, please.

- I'm sorry.

- The names of those gentlemen.

May I ask why?

(speaks Japanese angrily)

Ritchie. Mug shots. All of them.

You cannot do this!

(speaks Japanese)

No. You are to blame here.

You will give my detectives

any assistance they need,

and I want the name of the person who

discovered the body. (shouts in Japanese)

And don't you f*** with me!

But of course, Captain.

Yeah, don't f*** with us. Mount up, boys.

Let's get it done before she starts to smell.

- Isn't it bad form to lose your temper?

- It is.

But it's the only way I could assist Ishihara.

Assist Ishihara?

Now, why would you wanna do that?

- Because he wasn't the most important man.

- He wasn't?

No, no. It was the older man.

His juyaku, his superior.

But I wanted to get the investigation going

so I played the out-of-control gaijin,

so Ishihara wouldn't lose face.

So now Ishihara owes me a favour.

- Deep, isn't it?

- Heavy.

Ho. Oh, oh!

- The executive f*** chamber.

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Philip Kaufman

Philip Kaufman (born October 23, 1936) is an American film director and screenwriter who has directed fifteen films over a career spanning more than five decades. He has been described as a "maverick" and an "iconoclast," notable for his versatility and independence. He is considered an "auteur", whose films have always expressed his personal vision.His choice of topics has been eclectic and sometimes controversial, having adapted novels with diverse themes and stories. Kaufman's works have included genres such as realism, horror, fantasy, erotica, Westerns, underworld crime, and inner city gangs. Examples are Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Michael Crichton's Rising Sun (1993), a remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), and the erotic writings of Anaïs Nin's Henry & June. His film The Wanderers (1979) has achieved cult status. But his greatest success was Tom Wolfe's true-life The Right Stuff, which received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. According to film historian Annette Insdorf, "no other living American director has so consistently and successfully made movies for adults, tackling sensuality, artistic creation, and manipulation by authorities." Other critics note that Kaufman's films are "strong on mood and atmosphere," with powerful cinematography and a "lyrical, poetic style" to portray different historic periods. His later films have a somewhat European style, but the stories always "stress individualism and integrity, and are clearly American." more…

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