Black Rain
We do not live only to die.
Rating: 7.6 out of 10TMDB(138 votes)
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.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on the novel Black Rain
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Setting
Set in Hiroshima
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Music
Music by Tōru Takemitsu
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Takashi Kawamata
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Toshirō IshidōScreenplay
- Shōhei ImamuraScreenplay
- Masuji IbuseNovel
- Original title
- 黒い雨
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 13, 1989
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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In the United States
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Cast
Yoshiko TanakaYasuko
Kazuo KitamuraShigematsu Shizuma
Etsuko IchiharaShigeko Shizuma
Masato YamadaTatsu
Shoichi OzawaShokichi
Norihei MikiKotaro
Hisako HaraKin
Tamaki SawaWoman in Ikemoto-ya
Akiji KobayashiKatayama
Kazuko ShirakawaOld Woman with White Flag
Kenjirou IshimaruAono
Taiji TonoyamaOld Priest
Fujio TokitaOld Woman with Burns
Toshie KusunokiKane- Reiko NanaoRui
Sabu KawaharaKanemaru
Noboru MitaniPost Office Clerk
Hideji ŌtakiDr. Fujita
Takashi MiikeFactory Worker- Mayumi TateichiFumiko of Ikemoto-ya
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