Movie

Black Rain (1989)

• R
• May 13, 1989
• 2h 3m

• Drama
• History

“We do not live only to die.”

Overview

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.

Director

Shōhei Imamura

Writers

Shōhei Imamura, Toshirō Ishidō, Masuji Ibuse

Starring

Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara