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

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 28 min.
Directed By: Edward Dmytryk
Written By: Emmett Lavery
Genres: Drama

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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ridiculous wartime propaganda film.

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Cast

            Margo as Tama Imamura

            Tom Neal as Taro Seki

            J. Carrol Naish as Reo Seki

            Robert Ryan as Lefty

            Gloria Holden as Sara Braden

            Donald Douglas as O'Hara

            George Givot as Boris

            Leonard Strong as Tama's father

            Iris Wong as Woman Secretary

            Wolfgang Zilzer as Max

            Shirley Lew as Servant

            Benson Fong as Japanese Officer

            Mike Mazurki as Japanese Wrestler

            Philip Ahn
            
            Luke Chan as Officer

            Fred Essler as Takahashi

            Lee Tung Foo as Dinner Guest

            Nancy Gates as Sister

            Allen Jung as Capt. Matsuda

            Connie Leon as Tama's Mother

            Leon Lontoc as Japanese Guard

            Richard Loo as Japanese Officer

            Charles Lung as Broker

            Adeline de Walt Reynolds as Grandmother

            H.T. Tsiang as Policeman

            Barbara Jean Wong as Girl Given Dope

            Bruce Wong as First Agent

            Abner Biberman as Inspector

            W. Beal Wong as Japanese Major

            William Yip
            
            Daisy Lee Garripoli as Takahashi's Servant
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