Black Rain

Black Rain (1989)

黒い雨

We do not live only to die.

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.

Date of release
1989-05-13
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (138)
Runtime
2h 3m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Shōhei Imamura

Casting

  • Yoshiko Tanaka — Yasuko
  • Kazuo Kitamura — Shigematsu Shizuma
  • Etsuko Ichihara — Shigeko Shizuma
  • Masato Yamada — Tatsu
  • Shoichi Ozawa — Shokichi
  • Norihei Miki — Kotaro
  • Hisako Hara — Kin
  • Tamaki Sawa — Woman in Ikemoto-ya
  • Akiji Kobayashi — Katayama
  • Kazuko Shirakawa — Old Woman with White Flag
  • Kenjirou Ishimaru — Aono
  • Taiji Tonoyama — Old Priest

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