so many loose ends...
...plus the Japanese head honcho took the death of his son incredibly well!
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Leonardus75
...plus the Japanese head honcho took the death of his son incredibly well!
If you mean Eddie and the CEO played by the late great Mako, they weren't father and son. Eddie's father was a rival CEO who lived in Japan, and was never seen in the film, only mentioned by Sean Connery's character, Connor (and by 1 or 2 others, I think), who had saved Connor's life when Connor lived in Japan.
Incidentally, Mako played a similar character a few years earlier in a very different film: the comedy "Taking Care of Business" - J.J. Abrams' first film which he co-wrote with his college girlfriend, Jill Mazursky.
P.S. In addition to having Mako playing a similar CEO, there were other commonalities in both films:
Several references to letting the CEO win at tennis/golf
Mistaking a main character for a parking valet with undertones of bigotry:
A guy throwing the keys to his Rolls Royce to Jim Belushi's character saying "Take care of it, Chico" (and he took care of it :) )
/Ritchie telling Wesley Snipes' character to get the Senator's car.
Snipes' character mistaking Eddie's last name for "Sakamoto" - the name of Mako's character in the comedy.
None of the above scenes were in the "Rising Sun" novel.
Rising Sun
Released: July 30, 1993
Synopsis:
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.