Black Rain

Black Rain

123 mins | Drama, War | May 13, 1989

Shigematsu Shizuma lives with his senile mother, his wife Shigeko, and his niece Yasuko in a village near Fukuyama. He, his wife, his niece and his close friends in the village were present at the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The Shizumas look for prospective husbands for Yasuko, but find that the families withdraw on finding out she was at Hiroshima.

Black Rain

123 mins | Drama, War | May 13, 1989

Black Rain
Shigematsu Shizuma lives with his senile mother, his wife Shigeko, and his niece Yasuko in a village near Fukuyama. He, his wife, his niece and his close friends in the village were present at the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The Shizumas look for prospective husbands for Yasuko, but find that the families withdraw on finding out she was at Hiroshima.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, Imamura Productions, Hayashibara Group
Original title 黒い雨
Directors Takashi Tsukinoki, Shôhei Imamura, Takashi Miike
Writers Toshirô Ishidô, Masuji Ibuse, Shôhei Imamura

Cast

Yoshiko Tanaka

as Yasuko

Kazuo Kitamura

as Shigematsu Shizuma

Etsuko Ichihara

as Shigeko Shizuma

Masato Yamada

as Tatsu

Shoichi Ozawa

as Shokichi

Norihei Miki

as Kotaro

Hisako Hara

as Kin

Tamaki Sawa

as Woman in Ikemoto-ya

Akiji Kobayashi

as Katayama

Kazuko Shirakawa

as Old Woman with White Flag

Taiji Tonoyama

as Old Priest

Fujio Tokita

as Old Woman with Burns

Toshie Kusunoki

as Kane

Reiko Nanao

as Rui

Sabu Kawahara

as Kanemaru

Noboru Mitani

as Post Office Clerk

Hideji Ôtaki

as Dr. Fujita

Takashi Miike

as Factory Worker

Mayumi Tateichi

as Fumiko of Ikemoto-ya

Keisuke Ishida

as Yuichi

Satoshi Iinuma

as Takamaru