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8.1/10   784 votes
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Director:
Shohei Imamura
Writers:
Masuji Ibuse (novel) and
Shohei Imamura (writer)
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Release Date:
17 September 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror | War more
Plot:
The story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse's novel. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
25 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
A warning more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Yoshiko Tanaka ... Yasuko
Kazuo Kitamura ... Shigematsu Shizuma
Etsuko Ichihara ... Shigeko Shizuma
Shoichi Ozawa ... Shokichi
Norihei Miki ... Kotaro
Keisuke Ishida ... Yuichi
Hisako Hara ... Kin
Masato Yamada ... Tatsu
Tamaki Sawa ... Woman in Ikemoto-ya
Akiji Kobayashi ... Katayama
Kazuko Shirakawa ... Old Woman with white flag
Kenjiro Ishimaru ... Aono
Mayumi Tateichi ... Fumiko of Ikemoto-ya
Taiji Tonoyama ... The Old Priest
Fujio Tokita ... 40 Year Old Woman with burns
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Black Rain (UK) (USA) (literal English title)
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Runtime:
123 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Referenced in Independence Day (1996) more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
A warning, 21 March 2007
10/10
Author: augean_studio from United States

Black Rain is a superb film, but watch out for the DVDs currently being sold for as much as $300 apiece. I have the DVD, and it's terrible. Very tiny non-anamorphic image that has to be blown up to resolution-killing size. Acceptable sound. This is a primitive DVD that absolutely *has* to be rereleased.

BTW, I also own the laserdisc and the VHS of Black Rain. The VHS is a huge step upward from the DVD! And the laserdisc has far and away the best picture of them all—subtitles in the black, sharp, big picture, simple but very good soundtrack. Buy the VHS and avoid the preposterous prices these scam artists are demanding!

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