Hardcover
Published in 1992
by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
355 pages.
Paperback
Published in 1993
by Ballantine Books
388 pages.
During the grand opening celebration of the new American headquarters of an immense Japanese conglomerate, the dead body of a beautiful woman is found. The investigation begins, and immediately becomes a headlong chase through a twisting maze of industrial intrigue and a violent business battle that takes no prisoners.
Note From Michael
In the early 1990s, I ate lunch almost every day at a Japanese restaurant in Santa Monica called Takanawa. Shortly after Rising Sun was published, the proprietor said to me that people were telling him to have nothing to do with me. They were saying terrible things about me. All this was because of my book, and he asked for a copy to read for himself.
A few days later he said he had finished it. He said that he thought the book was correct, but he said he understood why I was under attack. In fact, that seemed to be the wider view as well. I heard nobody say the book was inaccurate in its depiction of Japanese multinational practices in the late '80s and early '90s. But I heard lots of people say that I shouldn't say things like that.
Rising Sun Produced by: 20th Century Fox Directed by: Philip Kaufman Written by: Michael Crichton, Michael Backes, Philip Kaufman Based on a novel by: Michael Crichton Starring:
Sean Connery
as John Connor
Wesley Snipes
as Web Smith
Harvey Keitel
as Tom Graham
Cary-Kiroyuki Tagawa
as Eddie Sakamura
Kevin Anderson
as Bob Richmond
Originally Released: 1993 Runtime: 125 minutes
A Los Angeles special liaison officer is called in to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation. Accompanied by a detective with unusual knowledge of the Japanese culture, he unravels the mystery that involves both ancient ways, and futuristic technology.
