Sophie and the Rising Sun Dvd

Sophie and the Rising Sun is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Maggie Greenwald. It is based on the 2001 novel Sophie and the Rising Sun by Augusta Trobaugh. The film stars Julianne Nicholson, Takashi Yamaguchi, Margo Martindale, Diane Ladd, Lorraine Toussaint and Karen Wheeling Reynolds. It was released in theaters on January 25, 2017 by Monterey Media.

Plot

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 townsfolk, the other an Asian gentleman, swept up in the tides of history. As World War II rages in Europe, Mr. Ohta, appears in the town badly beaten and 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. And 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.

Cast

Julianne Nicholson as Sophie Willis
Takashi Yamaguchi as Grover Ohta
Margo Martindale as Anne Morrison
Diane Ladd as Ruth Jeffers
Lorraine Toussaint as Salome Whitmore
Karen Wheeling Reynolds as Isabel
Mickey Dodge as Samille
Don Henderson Baker as Dr. Gilbert
Joel Murray as Sheriff Cooper
David Dickson Reynolds as Reverend Jeffers
Kenneth Charles Graham as Harold Jackson
Sabrina Mayfield as Matilda
Jan Hartsell as Minna
Cali Ward as Young Sophie
Ebony McCormick as Young Salome
Meredith Jackson as Young Ruth
Antonio Roberts as Zachary
Colie McClellan as Young Anne
Ben VanderMey as Soldier