Rising Sun (1993) | How Woke Is It?

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Rising Sun1993

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What We Think

Rising Sun is solidly non-woke by today’s standards, focused on intrigue, not identity politics. Its approach to story and culture is almost refreshing these days.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Rising Sun stays focused on its central murder-mystery plot and explores Japanese-American corporate tension without shoehorning in modern identity politics. Characters are defined by their roles and skills, not checkboxes.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

The film leans into traditional gender roles and masculine dynamics, with seasoned detectives at the center. There’s no subversion of family, religion, or heritage, if anything, it’s a time capsule of pre-woke Hollywood.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

There isn’t a heavy-handed ideological consensus. The movie actually depicts multiple perspectives, especially around East-West cultural clashes, without clearly villainizing one side in a purely ideological sense.

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