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Dominican Rep. Black Rain
- Original title
- Kuroi ame (Black Rain)
- Year
- 1989
- Running time
- 118 min.
- Country
Japan- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Yoshiko Tanaka
Kazuo Kitamura
Norihei Miki- Tamaki Sawa
Hisako Hara
Etsuko Ichihara- Kazuko Kawakami
Kazuko Shirakawa- Isayoshi Yamazaki
Kenjiro Ishimaru- Masato Yamada
Shoichi Ozawa
Akiji Kobayashi- Keisuke Ishida
- Toshie Kusunoki
- Reiko Nanao
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- Music
- Cinematography
Takashi Kawamata (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Nuclear Holocaust. Psychological Drama. II World War. 1940s
- 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.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1989: Cannes Film Festival: Technical Prize. Nominated for Best Film1990: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film1990: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: 9 awards. 11 nominations
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