Sophie and the Rising Sun (2016)

Cast

Julianne Nicholson
as Sophie Willis
Lorraine Toussaint
as Salome Whitmore
Margo Martindale
as Anne Morrison
Diane Ladd
as Ruth Jeffers

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Genres & Description

Drama

6.5 / 10

Set in the autumn of 1941 in Salty Creek, a fishing village in South Carolina, the film tells the dramatic story of interracial lovers swept up in the tides of history. As World War II rages in Europe a wounded stranger, Mr. Ohta, appears in the town under mysterious circumstances. Sophie, a native of Salty Creek, quickly becomes transfixed by Mr. Ohta and a friendship born of their mutual love of art blossoms into a delicate and forbidden courtship. As their secret relationship evolves the war escalates tragically. When Pearl Harbor is bombed, a surge of misguided patriotism, bigotry and violence sweeps through the town, threatening Mr. Ohta's life. A trio of women, each with her own secrets - Sophie, along with the town matriarch and her housekeeper - rejects law and propriety, risking their lives with their actions.

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Comments on this trailer
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Windelesk

Just to be clear, whether someone's Japanese or some other Asian, this would've still happened to him: 1:39. - @Friday, August 24, 2018 8:12 AM

Perry potato

GAWD DAMN HOT DADDY - @Thursday, July 26, 2018 12:30 AM

Vipshyana Sharma

this movie is so similar to indian movie "lootera" - @Wednesday, May 2, 2018 6:42 PM

Shekelwitz Lampshadeberg Gorillionstein

Fortunately this movie was directed and produced by all white women. That's the only reason why this movie was able to exist. Jealous white men would have prevented this movie from ever being made. This says a lot. - @Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:50 AM

Ryungun Rie

You know what they say, Once you go yellow you'll always stay mellow! LOLOLOLOL - @Tuesday, February 13, 2018 6:05 AM

Natalie G

The Rising Sun Sets Inside of Sophie Official Trailer 1 (2017) - Julianne Nicholson Movie - @Monday, February 12, 2018 10:12 PM

Bonnie Plastino

ITS NOT A PLACE IWOULD LIVE. THE PEOPLE ARE CRAZY . AND TO POLICE OFFICER WOULD EVER PULL THAT ON ME IN MY home. I would kick him do so hard BETWEEN HIS LGS HIS DOG WOULD HURT - @Sunday, December 3, 2017 11:25 PM

eCom Pixel

Asian men and White women make the most the beautiful families. - @Monday, November 6, 2017 12:26 AM

vengi zee

wow an Asian leading man who gets to be romantic, I'll be damned - @Monday, September 18, 2017 3:25 AM

sundance kidd

the guy has charisma. i think hes leading man material. - @Wednesday, August 2, 2017 8:15 AM

Ali Sha

ah, i have weakness for asian men too, Sophie. Most of them look masculine, yet so sophisticated. - @Wednesday, June 28, 2017 1:05 PM

Jules

Watching this trailer because I found it on Netflix and am definitely watching it now.. - @Thursday, June 8, 2017 10:15 PM

gp5

This movie is about an American (Japanese ancestry) that falls in love with a white woman during WW2 and the times when the United States government sent those with Japanese ancestry to internment camps. 🤦🏽‍♂️ - @Thursday, June 8, 2017 5:13 AM

Gisel Maria

A Maggie / Glenn story. With swollen heads. Without zombies. - @Saturday, June 3, 2017 5:08 PM

Lydia tea

as an asian american i can say that i relate to the racial aspects of this film VERY much. it may be exaggerated in the film but it does not stray far from reality today. yes non-whites had way worse back then and it still goes on today. if you think otherwise obviously you haven't experienced it like i have - @Friday, June 2, 2017 5:06 AM

Molly Willmott

so THIS is what character actress Margo Martindale has been up to - @Friday, May 26, 2017 5:30 PM

DiamondTeardrop6

*Guy gets hardcore punched* *Trailer fades to black* "Gentle-hearted romantic drama" What - @Wednesday, May 24, 2017 7:33 PM

Razear

There's AMWF BDSM in this? - @Saturday, May 20, 2017 5:37 AM

anna nixon

i watched this movie on netfix 2 day. I find it 2 be really sad and it has a deeper meaning than people think. - @Tuesday, May 9, 2017 6:40 PM

008Invisibleman

I'm a guy but DAMN he's one good looking fella! - @Tuesday, May 9, 2017 4:46 PM

Inspection Negross

White guilt. So much White guilt. Oh you White skinned devils...guilty of all the things done long ago. - @Tuesday, May 2, 2017 2:58 AM

Jay Ng

Why he had accent if he born in America - @Friday, April 21, 2017 3:12 AM

Nicole Huber

Looks interesting! (did not like all the different fonts used in the trailer) - @Monday, April 3, 2017 8:50 PM

Starhunter Terra

OH CRAP, they meet, helped and ended up close to him just before Pearl Harbor?. This has a certain Our Town feel to it, right?. Too bad that these tragic things actually happened in real life back then and still do. - @Monday, April 3, 2017 1:38 AM

Helen Holden

That guy is so hot!! - @Saturday, April 1, 2017 7:53 PM

lisawildbeauties

my type of drama movie. - @Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:13 PM

Jacqueline2279

Wow! He's gorgeous! - @Tuesday, February 28, 2017 9:20 AM

Bewildering Truth Seeker

Is it bad that I see Liberal propaganda in most new movies coming out? - @Thursday, February 23, 2017 3:27 AM

Bernardo Arellano Dávalos

Fuck Trump - @Saturday, February 11, 2017 3:13 AM

iBeFloe

Wow. What timing. - @Sunday, February 5, 2017 6:32 AM

Denis

What is the ending song - @Friday, February 3, 2017 11:41 AM

sivula17

how little we have progressed as society, how petty and cruel we still are - @Friday, February 3, 2017 2:28 AM

Isis Dolovan

This look awesome! - @Thursday, February 2, 2017 12:50 PM

Corey Lucas

I wanna see this! - @Wednesday, February 1, 2017 11:03 PM

Karina B. M.

Similar to 'The Japanese Lover' by Isabel Allende. - @Wednesday, February 1, 2017 6:56 PM

Dinish Salevarajan

Who watch this before thinking he was Chinese? The Rising Sun = Japan not China lol - @Wednesday, February 1, 2017 11:10 AM

Hannah!!!

Isn't it sad that parts of society still behave like this? Because a person is of a certain race/colour/ethnicity/religion, it means they they must be less than/the enemy/dangerous. This film looks good but it saddens me that much as not changed since the 1930/40s. - @Sunday, January 29, 2017 7:20 AM

Guillaume Martel

GENJI returns - @Friday, January 27, 2017 12:20 PM

Brutus Tan

Looks good AMWF FTW - @Thursday, January 26, 2017 11:42 PM

ZOE CLE

I NEED TO WATCH THIS! - @Thursday, January 26, 2017 8:21 PM

adriana

eyewitness !? - @Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:23 PM

YoungTraditionalist

They say 1921 when it was 1941? - @Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:20 PM