Black Rain
Turkish title: Kara Yağmur
“An American cop in Japan. Their country. Their laws. Their game. His rules.”
1989 · 2 h 5 min
Directed by 
Shohei Imamura
Shohei ImamuraCast
Yoshiko Tanaka Kazuo Kitamura Etsuko Ichihara
Credits
Written by: Craig Bolotin
Plot
A family suffers the aftermath of Hiroshima.
Sinekatalog’s take
Shohei Imamura's black-and-white drama about a family after Hiroshima is quiet, humane and devastating. It treats the bomb's aftermath through ordinary lives, and its restraint gives it great power.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (65,791 votes)
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