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Japanese
DVD-9
1 - North America
18+
123 min
1988
16:9
B&W
Alternate Color Ending, Interview with Assistant Director Takashi Miike, Interview with Yoshiko Tanaka, Trailers, Cast&Crew Biographies, Multimedia Vault, Program Notes, Image Gallery
Shohei Imamura
Masuji Ibuse, Shohei Imamura
Etsuko Ichihara, Kazuo Kitamura, Yoshiko Tanaka
Contains Violence and Brief Nudity
© 1988 Imamura Production
Mr. and Mrs. Shizuma, and their niece Yasuko make their way through the ruins of Hiroshima, just after the atomic bomb has dropped. Years later, the effects of the bomb start to manifest, and time is running out to find a husband for Yasuko before she succumbs to radiation sickness.

  • Won 25 Awards and was nominated for 4 others.
  • Directed by Shohei Imamura (The Ballad of Narayama, Vengeance is Mine, The Eel), two-time Palme d’Or winning director.
  • Loaded with extras including: Alternate Ending (color), Interview with assistant director Takashi Miike (Audition & Ichi The Killer), Interview with Yoshiko TANAKA (star), & more.
  • Also available as part of the Japan at War DVD Collection.
"A disturbing, powerful look at the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from one of Japan's most legendary filmmakers" -- PopZara
"The most serious, and saddest of his films" -- Coffee, Coffee
"Certainly the best film I have seen by Imamura and possibly the best film I have seen in months" -- DVD Beaver
"Imamura suggests throughout the movie ... that the most devastating wounds are those beyond visibility" -- The Measure
"For all its depiction of the horrors of the bombing, the film is remarkably free of political bias" -- Turner Classic Movies
"...as we see it through the eyes of the victims, it seems as fresh and as terrible as the Twin Towers toppling down" -- Slant
"Strongly recommended" -- Curled Up
"Black Rain gives the viewer a devastatingly beautiful anti-war vision, but it also gives off a message of willpower delivered through a very tough narrative" -- DVD Talk
"Black Rain is an important film that everyone should see-just as a reminder of the very real cost to humanity that warfare entails" -- Shogun-ki
"There are poignant and wrenching scenes that will be seared into your mind after viewing this powerful film" -- Cinegeek
"Reportedly, Black Rain was filmed in black and white because the scenes of destruction were deemed too upsetting to show in color" -- DVD Talk
"BLACK RAIN is a wonderfully crafted film that delivers an engrossing two hours of drama" -- Film Fanaddict
"Imamura’s Black Rain is simply an unforgettable, humane experience that haunts for days afterwards with its unsparing vision of how life goes on after death" -- TimesSquare
"If you survived the end of the world, what would you do next?" -- Euro Cult AV