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Black Rain

7.619892h 3mRMovieDramaHistory

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.

DirectorShōhei Imamura
WritersShōhei Imamura·Toshirō Ishidō
ProducersShigeyuki Endō·Hiroaki Masubayashi

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Cast · Directed by Shōhei Imamura

YTYoshiko Tanaka
Yoshiko Tanaka
Yasuko
KKKazuo Kitamura
Kazuo Kitamura
Shigematsu Shizuma
EIEtsuko Ichihara
Etsuko Ichihara
Shigeko Shizuma
MYMasato Yamada
Masato Yamada
Tatsu
SOShoichi Ozawa
Shoichi Ozawa
Shokichi
NMNorihei Miki
Norihei Miki
Kotaro
HHHisako Hara
Hisako Hara
Kin
TSTamaki Sawa
Tamaki Sawa
Woman in Ikemoto-ya
AKAkiji Kobayashi
Akiji Kobayashi
Katayama
KSKazuko Shirakawa
Kazuko Shirakawa
Old Woman with White Flag
KIKenjirou Ishimaru
Kenjirou Ishimaru
Aono
TTTaiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Old Priest

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Black Rain is streaming on Philo, Fandor and Midnight Pulp in United States, and available to rent or buy on Amazon Video and Apple TV Store. It's not currently on Netflix.

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