Black Rain ( Pluie Noire ) ( Kuroi Ame )

Black Rain (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Pluie Noire
Alternate Title: Kuroi Ame
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1989 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Shohei Imamura

Written By:
Masuji Ibuse
Shohei Imamura

Actors:
Yoshiko Tanaka ..... Yasuko
Kazuo Kitamura ..... Shigematsu Shizuma
Etsuko Ichihara ..... Shigeko Shizuma
Shoichi Ozawa ..... Shokichi
Norihei Miki ..... Kotaro
Keisuke Ishida ..... Yuichi
Hisako Hara ..... Kin
Masato Yamada ..... Tatsu
Tamaki Sawa ..... Woman in Ikemoto-ya
Akiji Kobayashi ..... Katayama
Kazuko Shirakawa ..... Old Woman with white flag
Kenjiro Ishimaru ..... Aono
Mayumi Tateichi ..... Fumiko of Ikemoto-ya
Taiji Tonoyama ..... The Old Priest
Fujio Tokita ..... 40 Year Old Woman with burns

Synopsis:

The title refers to the radioactive fallout which descended upon ruined city of Hiroshima after the dropping of the first atomic bomb. Young bride-to-be Yoshiko Tanaka has the misfortune to be visiting Hiroshima on the day of the explosion. Incredibly, she is unhurt; she returns to her own village, across the bay from Hiroshima. Unfortunately, her townsmen have been profoundly affected by the 'black rain'; over the next five years, the poison in their systems slowly but surely erodes their souls. In a tragic state of denial, Yoshiko's former friends insist that they can't be sick-it must be the girl who is bringing sickness to them. Now a pariah, Yoshiko's life is shattered as surely as if the bomb had disintegrated her upon impact. Director Shohei Imamaura, a onetime assistant to the great Ozu and the director of such Japanese classics as The Insect Woman and The Ballad of Narayama, never sensationalizes his material; the story is effective told in a muted, subdued fashion, allowing the horror to arise from the inner torment of the characters rather than being artificially imposed by camera trickery or 'shock' cutting. Based on a novel by Masuji Ibuse, the black-and-white Black Rain won the Japanese equivalent of the Academy Award, along with several other honors.

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