Rain Fall (2009)

Director:

Max Mannix

Writers:

Barry Eisler (novel)
Max Mannix (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 April 2009 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.

Plot Keywords:

CIA | Subway | Police | Morning | Zip Drive

Cast

Kippei Shiina	...	John Rain
Gary Oldman	...	William Holtzer
Kyoko Hasegawa	...	Midori Kawamura
Misa Shimizu	...	Yuko
Dirk Hunter	...	Thomas Perryman
Akira Emoto	...	Tatsu Ishikura
Shigemitsu Ogi	...	Osada
Toshiyuki Kitami	...	Tanaka
Takeshi Wakamatsu	...	Benny Watanabe
Takeo Nakahara	...	Yasuhiro Kawamura
Akira Hamada	...	Yamamoto
Ryôsei Tayama	...	Matsumoto (as Ryosei Tayama)
Yuko Miyamoto	...	Naoko Kawamura
Takumi Bando	...	Ken
Michael Hudson	...	Jones
David McFall	...	CIA-# 1
Ryland Lee	...	CIA-# 2
Garthe Nelson	...	CIA-# 3
Andrew Ballard	...	CIA-# 4
Sebastian Plate	...	CIA-# 5
Steve Ryan	...	CIA-# 6
Zenos Schmickrath	...	CIA-# 7
Laszlo Kotasezek	...	CIA-# 8
Hiroki Tawara	...	CIA-Japanese-# 1
Kaoru Nagato	...	CIA-Japanese-# 2
Hiroyuki Takashima	...	CIA-Japanese-# 3
Eimi Okada	...	CIA-Japanese-# 4
Yukari Shiomi	...	CIA-Japanese-# 5
Makoto Matsubara	...	Asset-# 1
Yusuke Hirayama	...	Asset-# 2
Go Setoguchi	...	Yakuza-# 1
Hiroki Takano	...	Yakuza-# 2
Noriyuki Hayakawa	...	Judo Student-# 1
Seiji Takahashi	...	Judo Student-# 2
Kunihiko Takahashi	...	Judo Student -# 3
Tatsuo Noguchi	...	Judo Student-# 4
Akihiro Soen	...	Mr. Black
Kazuyuki Okayama	...	Mr. Gray
Yuki Nasaka	...	Mr. Brown
Kaohiko Kaoda	...	Kawamura Assistant
Takuo Yamagishi	...	Guard-# 1
Kuniyoshi Ichikawa	...	Guard-# 2
Masanobu Sakata	...	Subway Employee
Shoichiro Tanigawa	...	Airport Employee
Mitsunori Hirokawa	...	Ground Staff
Jyubei Ikeguchi	...	Airport Staff
Takeho Tomomatsu	...	Host
Katsuhiro Nagano	...	Fruit Shop Owner
Sanae Miyata	...	Fruit Shop Customer
David Ridges	...	Office Man-# 1
Bunmei Tobayama	...	Office Man-# 2
Tetsuo Morishita	...	Minister
Saya Higuchi	...	Girl
Kanae Uchiyama	...	Young Girl
Hiroaki Suzuki	...	Hiroshi Shimizu
Hiroaki Terao	...	Shoji Ishikawa
Kyoko Nagano	...	Benny's Wife
Albert Gu	...	Young Rain
Greg Ellis	...	Jack Simpson
Tony Borea	...	Pool Player-# 1
Adrian Matilla	...	Pool Player-# 2

Directed by
Max Mannix

Writing credits
Barry Eisler		(novel)
Max Mannix		(screenplay)

Produced by
Megumi Fukasawa	....	producer
Charles Hannah	....	co-producer
Shuji Hosoya	....	line producer
Ken Isaacs	....	consulting producer
Satoru Iseki	....	producer
Naoki Kitagawa	....	executive producer
Ken Munekata	....	executive producer
Kôichirô Naganuma	....	executive producer
Sadayuki Nobayashi	....	executive producer
Andrea Roa	....	line producer: New York
Tsutomu Sakurai	....	producer
Noriaki Sano	....	executive producer
Christian Storms	....	associate producer
Shigekazu Takeuchi	....	executive producer
Joshua Zeman	....	producer: New York
Joseph Zolfo	....	producer: New York

Original Music by
Kenji Kawai

Cinematography by
Jack Wareham

Film Editing by
Matt Bennett

Casting by
Tsuyoshi Sugino

Production Design by
Hidemitsu Yamazaki		(as Hidemitsu Yamasaki)

Set Decoration by
Koichi Hirai

Makeup Department
Yoshie Igarashi	....	hair stylist
Yoshie Igarashi	....	makeup artist
Akiko Zaima	....	hair stylist
Akiko Zaima	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Toshiaki Kimura	....	production manager
Kim Koby	....	unit production manager: New York

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tetsuya Chiba	....	third assistant director
Dan Gloeckner	....	second second assistant director: New York
Yuya Matsufuji	....	second second assistant director
Yujin Saito	....	second assistant director
Greg Staley	....	second assistant director: New York
Ichiro Yamamoto	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Miles Michael	....	art director: New York
Amy Small	....	set dresser: New York
Adam Sober	....	property master: New York

Sound Department
Eben Baume	....	sound mixer
Kazunori Fujimaru	....	sound mixer
Ric Kaspar	....	dialogue editor
Vic Kaspar	....	sound designer
Vic Kaspar	....	sound supervisor
Vic Kaspar	....	supervising sound mixer
Seokjun Lee	....	boom operator: New York Unit
Frank Lipson	....	sound designer
Frank Lipson	....	sound effects editor
Gerard Long	....	foley artist
Tim Matyear	....	foley editor
Tim Matyear	....	foley recordist
Peter Purcell	....	sound mixer
Tsutomu Suga	....	assistant dialogue editor
Hiroaki Usui	....	optical re-recording

Special Effects by
Makoto Funabashi	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Tetsuo Ohya	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Max Mannix	....	fight choreographer

Camera and Electrical Department
Keijiro Akiyama	....	electrician
Nathan Beaman	....	grip: America
Justin Bennett	....	best boy grip: America
David Ganczewski	....	best boy electric: America
Hideaki Hayakawa	....	electrician
Toshiuo Ikeo	....	electrician
Luke Jeffery	....	camera: "a" camera
Luke Jeffery	....	second assistant camera
Tsuyoshi Kage	....	electrician
Michiaki Kamochi	....	electrician
Manabu Kato	....	electrician
Ryoma Kohari	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Frank Love	....	second assistant camera: America
Adam Lukens	....	key grip: America
Yasushi Masuda	....	best boy electric
Yasushi Miyata	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Luke Nixon	....	Steadicam operator
Luke Nixon	....	camera operator
Ricky Schamburg	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Nobutaka Shirahama	....	electrician
Jitsu Toyoda	....	second assistant camera
Gregory Paul Tuohy	....	key grip
Yuji Wada	....	gaffer
Matthew Walker	....	gaffer: America
Sean Walker	....	digital video assist operator

Casting Department
Jennifer Halpern	....	casting director: New York
Yasuhiro Yamamoto	....	casting coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yurika Sato	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Kazuhiko Matsugu	....	first assistant editor
Soichi Satake	....	pablo color grader

Other crew
Yoshimi Amaike	....	script supervisor
Tanya Brum Da Silveira	....	production assistant intern
Tomas Deckaj	....	background set production assistant
Scott Friedman	....	production assistant
Paul Kahil	....	production assistant: first team: NY
Brian Kobo	....	on-set interpreter
Keith Marlin	....	set production assistant: New York Unit
Nick Morr	....	production assistant: locations
Katsuo Naruse	....	dialogue supervisor: Japan
Wataru Yamamoto	....	stand-in: Mr. Oldman

Thanks
Ken Isaacs	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Rain Fall
• Rain Production
• 3 Dogs and a Pony (in association with)
• Tara Contents (in association with)

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Aventi (2012) (France) (DVD)
• Bliss Media (2010) (China) (all media)
• Distribution Workshop (2009) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)
• Eagle Films (2011) (Israel) (all media)
• Eagle Films (2011) (Lebanon) (all media)
• G2 Pictures (2010) (UK) (all media)
• Grindstone Entertainment Group
• Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• Monolith Films (2011) (Poland) (all media)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2011) (Finland) (all media)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2011) (Norway) (all media)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2011) (Sweden) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bangladesh) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bhutan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (India) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Maldives) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Nepal) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Pakistan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Sri Lanka) (all media)

Other Companies

• Aube Studio  music mixing studio
• Aube Studio  music recording studio
• Digital Sound & Vision  post-production sound services
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Griffith  grip equipment supplied by
• Kodak Japan  film stock supplied by
• Nihon Shomei Co.  lighting equipment supplied by
• Panavision  camera equipment provided by
• Sanwa Cine Equipment  camera equipment provided by
• Sanwa Pro Light  lighting equipment supplied by
• Sound City  music recording studio
• Toei Labo Tech  digital intermediate
• Toei Labo Tech  post-production facilities
• Toei Labo Tech  prints
• Toei Tokyo Movie Studios  sound stages

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and language

Runtime:

111 min | Germany:120 min (European Film Market)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45899) | UK:15 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Germany:12 | France:12

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company:

Rain Fall

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Bad Movie Beatdown: Scissors (#4.11)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Tokyo Tears

It's Pretty Bad

If you're a fan of the Barry Eisler Rain novels, do yourself a favor and don't watch this. This movie is everything the novels are not: boring, full of plot holes, seriously lame fight scenes and a story line that makes little or no sense.

The movie feels patched together, like the director filmed a bunch of scenes and then tried to make them fit. They don't. The acting is fine, all of the cast give their best, but there just isn't much to work with.

The fight scenes are all super-quick-cut editing stuff, so you can't see what is actually going on. That is probably because our martial artist protagonist isn't a martial artist. I've seen better fights on the elementary school playground.

The plot is full of holes; not just little holes, but big, gaping holes that require you to do more than just suspend your disbelief. You would have to get a quick lobotomy before watching this if you don't want to be constantly aggravated by the plot holes. Characters will say something in one scene and then say the opposite in the next scene.

The editing seems to have been done by a spastic drug addict with ADHD: the cuts between scenes are missing any semblance of art or craft. There are a few times where the director blurs part of the picture or tries some other type of artistic effect that just doesn't work. In short, the direction and editing are just plain awful.

By the time you get to the cliché ending you will be bored and thinking about maybe clipping your toenails or something equally exciting. They managed to take an exciting novel about a hit man with issues and turn it into a boring movie. Buy one of the books instead of watching this.