Red Sun Rising (film)

Red Sun Rising
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Directed byFrancis Megahy
Screenplay byRobert Easter
Story byRobert Easter
Neva Friedenn
Paul Maslak
Produced byPaul Maslak
Neva Friedenn
StarringDon Wilson
James Lew
Terry Farrell
Mako
Michael Ironside
CinematographyJohn Newby
Edited byJohn Weidner
Music byJohn Coda
Production
company
Maslak/Friedenn Films
Distributed byImperial Entertainment
Release date
  • September 1, 1994 (1994-09-01)
(U.S.)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million

Red Sun Rising is a 1994 American martial arts action film directed by Francis Megahy and starring Don "The Dragon" Wilson, James Lew, Terry Farrell, Mako, Michael Ironside and Edward Albert. Wilson plays a Japanese cop who travels to Los Angeles and teams up with a reluctant American counterpart (Farrell) to track down the gang responsible for the murder of his partner, whose hitman (Lew) is an expert in the ancient art of the death touch.

Widely regarded as a step up in class compared to Wilson's bread-and-butter work for producers such as Roger Corman, it is held as his best film by many reviewers and by the actor himself.[1]: 0:27 

  1. ^ Wilson, Don (guest) (2017). About Red Sun Rising (Blu-ray featurette). Burbank: Multimedia Ulrich. Retrieved March 27, 2024.