Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
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Cornell-educated Taro Seki returns to Japan just as the war party gains control. He hopes to work for American engineer O'Hara, and falls for his secretary Tama, but he is drafted. War service in China finally hardens Taro to atrocities, and he returns to Japan a changed man. His father, now a… More Cornell-educated Taro Seki returns to Japan just as the war party gains control. He hopes to work for American engineer O'Hara, and falls for his secretary Tama, but he is drafted. War service in China finally hardens Taro to atrocities, and he returns to Japan a changed man. His father, now a cabinet minister, feels remorse at what war has done to his son and country, but too late to save Taro's foreign friends. -- © Rod Crawford
- Directed By
- Edward Dmytryk
- Written By
- Emmett Lavery
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ridiculous wartime propaganda film.
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Cast
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Margo
as Tama Imamura
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Tom Neal
as Taro Seki
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J. Carrol Naish
as Reo Seki
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Robert Ryan
as Lefty
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Gloria Holden
as Sara Braden
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Donald Douglas
as O'Hara
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George Givot
as Boris
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Leonard Strong
as Tama's father
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Iris Wong
as Woman Secretary
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Wolfgang Zilzer
as Max
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Shirley Lew
as Servant
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Benson Fong
as Japanese Officer
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Mike Mazurki
as Japanese Wrestler
- Philip Ahn
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Luke Chan
as Officer
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Fred Essler
as Takahashi
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Lee Tung Foo
as Dinner Guest
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Nancy Gates
as Sister
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Allen Jung
as Capt. Matsuda
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Connie Leon
as Tama's Mother
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Leon Lontoc
as Japanese Guard
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Richard Loo
as Japanese Officer
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Charles Lung
as Broker
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Adeline de Walt Reynolds
as Grandmother
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H.T. Tsiang
as Policeman
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Barbara Jean Wong
as Girl Given Dope
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Bruce Wong
as First Agent
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Abner Biberman
as Inspector
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W. Beal Wong
as Japanese Major
- William Yip
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Daisy Lee Garripoli
as Takahashi's Servant
