

Sophie and the Rising Sun
Overview
In a small Southern town in the autumn of 1941, Sophie’s lonely life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances. Their love affair becomes the lightning rod for long-buried conflicts that erupt in bigotry and violence with the outbreak of World War ll.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
Sophie Film
Key Crew

Maggie Greenwald
Screenplay

Maggie Greenwald
Director

Maggie Greenwald
Producer
Cast

Julianne Nicholson
Sophie Willis

Takashi Yamaguchi
Grover Ohta

Margo Martindale
Anne Morrison

Diane Ladd
Ruth Jeffers

Lorraine Toussaint
Salome Whitmore

Karen Wheeling Reynolds
Isabel

Mickey Dodge
Samille

Don Henderson Baker
Dr. Gilbert

Joel Murray
Sheriff Cooper
David Dickson Reynolds
Reverend Jeffers
Kenneth Charles Graham
Harold Jackson
Sabrina Mayfield
Matilda

Jan Hartsell
Minna
Cali Ward
Young Sophie

Meredith Jackson
Young Ruth
Antonio Roberts
Zachary

Colie McClellan
Young Anne

Ben VanderMey
Soldier
Bobby Henline
John Jeffers
Johnny Pope II
Townsperson