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Behind the Rising Sun

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In the 1930s, Taro Seki (Tom Neal) returns to Japan after graduating from Cornell University in the United States. An ambitious man, Seki searches for employment with Clancy O'Hara (Don Douglas), a prominent American engineer in Tokyo. While at the engineer's office, Seki falls in love with O'Hara's secretary, Tama Shimamura (Margo). Soon, the two plan to marry, but Seki is drafted for the Sino-Japanese War -- and, when he returns from the battlefields, he is no longer the same man.
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Ridiculous wartime propaganda film. Rated: C Sep 1, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Didn't anyone find it offensive that WHITE actors were playing Asians? AND THEY LOOKS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member It was okay. Its an interesting beginning, kind of lagged a bit and then a lot of things happen inthe last half. Basically a nice, naive, man, Seki quickly falls for his fathers secretary, which is wrong because he family doesn't come from money. Seki goes off to war with China and is disgusted at what he sees. However, he is told that he must ignore these things and basically grow some balls. When he returns home, he is confronted about what he saw and how he did nothing about it. He no longer is the nice guy that he used to be. I don't want to give away the ending too much but its good. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member ok wartime propaganda Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Edward Dmytryk

Director

Margo

Tama Shimamura

Tom Neal

Taro Seki

J. Carrol Naish

Reo Seki

Robert Ryan

Lefty O'Doyle

Gloria Holden

Sara Braden
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Synopsis In the 1930s, Taro Seki (Tom Neal) returns to Japan after graduating from Cornell University in the United States. An ambitious man, Seki searches for employment with Clancy O'Hara (Don Douglas), a prominent American engineer in Tokyo. While at the engineer's office, Seki falls in love with O'Hara's secretary, Tama Shimamura (Margo). Soon, the two plan to marry, but Seki is drafted for the Sino-Japanese War -- and, when he returns from the battlefields, he is no longer the same man.
Director
Edward Dmytryk
Screenwriter
Emmet Lavery, James Young
Production Co
RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre
War
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 28m
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