Black Rain

Black Rain

125 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller | Sept. 22, 1989

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.

Black Rain

125 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller | Sept. 22, 1989

Black Rain
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Paramount, Pegasus Film Partners, Jaffe-Lansing
Original title Black Rain
Directors Jodi Ehrlich, Dennis Maguire, Benjamin Rosenberg, Luca Kouimelis, Bettiann Fishman, Bobby Bass, Aldric La'Auli Porter, Ridley Scott
Writers Craig Bolotin, Warren Lewis

Cast

Michael Douglas

as Nick Conklin

Andy García

as Charlie Vincent

Ken Takakura

as Masahiro

Kate Capshaw

as Joyce

Yūsaku Matsuda

as Sato

Shigeru Kôyama

as Ohashi

John Spencer

as Oliver

Yūya Uchida

as Nashida

Guts Ishimatsu

as Katayama

Miyuki Ono

as Miyuki

Luis Guzmán

as Frankie

John Costelloe

as The Kid

Stephen Root

as Berg

Richard Riehle

as Crown

Bruce Katzman

as Yudell

Tim Kelleher

as Bobby

Edmund Ikeda

as Japanese Businessman

Tomo Nagasue

as Japanese Translator

Clem Caserta

as Abolofia

George Kyle

as Farentino

Vondie Curtis-Hall

as Detective

Joe Perce

as Detective

Louis Cantarini

as Detective

Doug Yasuda

as Japanese / American Translator

Toshio Sato

as Japanese Embassy Official

Jun Kunimura

as Yashimoto

Roy K. Ogata

as Sato's Man

Shirô Oishi

as Sato's Man

Professor Toru Tanaka

as Sugai's Man

Rikiya Yasuoka

as Sugai's Man

Jôji Shimaki

as Sugai's Man

Gorô Sasa

as Ohashi's Man

Taro Ibuki

as Ohashi's Man

Daisuke Awaji

as Ohashi's Man

Keone Young

as Karaoke Singer

Jim Ishida

as Escort Officer

Shôtarô Hayashi

as Mediator

Toshishiro Obata

as Mediator

Michiko Tsushima

as Noodle Woman

Linda Gillen

as Peggy

John Gotay

as Danny

Matthew Porac

as Patrick

Ken Kensei

as Masahiro's Son

Josip Elic

as Joe, the Bartender

Mitchell Bahr

as Friend

Ken Enomoto

as Detective

Nathan Jung

as Sato's Yakuza Enforcer

Al Leong

as Sato's Yakuza Assassin

Bruce Locke

as Sato's Man

Chris Nelson Norris

as Motorcyclist

Dennis Y. Takeda

as Newspaper Reporter

Celia Xavier

as Nori, Bar Hostess