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Sophie and the rising sun / Sophie & the rising sun screenplay by Maggie Greenwald ; directed by Maggie Greenwald. - 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - DVD video 4 3/4 in.

Based on the novel by Augusta Trobaugh. DVD release of the 2016 motion picture. Bonus features: Deleted scenes ; behind the scenes interviews.

Director of photography, Wolfgang Held ; editor, Keith Reamer ; music, David Mansfield. Director of photography, Wolfgang Held ; editor, Keith Reamer ; music, David Mansfield.

Julianne Nicholson, Margo Martindale, Lorraine Toussaint, Takashi Yamaguchi, Diane Ladd.

Set in the autumn of 1941 in Salty Creek, a willowy fishing village in South Carolina, the film tells the compelling story of two interracial lovers, Sophie, an artist who also fishes and sells crabs to the townfolk, the other an Asian gentleman, swept up in the tides of history.

MPAA rating: R; for some sexuality and nudity.


DVD ; widescreen (16:9) presentation ; stereo. and 5.1 surround.


Closed-captioned.

Standard No.: 012233397925

Publisher. No.: 339792 Monterey Media

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Social life and customs--South Carolina--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--South Carolina--Drama.
Japanese--United States--Drama.
Japanese Americans--Drama.
Interracial dating--South Carolina--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Nineteen forties--Drama.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
South Carolina--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.