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Black Rain

Original title: 黒い雨

We do not live only to die.

  • Movie
  • 1989
  • R
  • 2h 3m

Directed by Shōhei Imamura

7.6

TMDB audience rating
7.6 out of 10 from 140 votes

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Overview

Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic bombing, a tragedy that cruelly took the lives of thousands of people and forever marked the harsh existence of the survivors.

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Cast and crew

  • Yoshiko Tanaka

    Yoshiko TanakaYasuko

  • Kazuo Kitamura

    Kazuo KitamuraShigematsu Shizuma

  • Etsuko Ichihara

    Etsuko IchiharaShigeko Shizuma

  • Masato Yamada

    Masato YamadaTatsu

  • Shoichi Ozawa

    Shoichi OzawaShokichi

  • Norihei Miki

    Norihei MikiKotaro

  • Hisako Hara

    Hisako HaraKin

  • Tamaki Sawa

    Tamaki SawaWoman in Ikemoto-ya

  • Akiji Kobayashi

    Akiji KobayashiKatayama

  • Kazuko Shirakawa

    Kazuko ShirakawaOld Woman with White Flag

  • Kenjirou Ishimaru

    Kenjirou IshimaruAono

  • Taiji Tonoyama

    Taiji TonoyamaOld Priest

  • Fujio Tokita

    Fujio TokitaOld Woman with Burns

  • Toshie Kusunoki

    Toshie KusunokiKane

  • Reiko NanaoRui

  • Sabu Kawahara

    Sabu KawaharaKanemaru

  • Noboru Mitani

    Noboru MitaniPost Office Clerk

  • Hideji Ōtaki

    Hideji ŌtakiDr. Fujita

Director
Shōhei Imamura
Writer
Shōhei Imamura, Toshirō Ishidō and Masuji Ibuse
Music
Tōru Takemitsu
Cinematography
Takashi Kawamata