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.
Directed by Shōhei Imamura
marriage proposal
husband wife relationship
based on novel or book
atomic bomb
world war ii
hiroshima, japan
post world war ii
radiation sickness
1940s
1950s
hibakusha
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.0 / 5
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Cast
Yoshiko Tanaka
Yasuko
Kazuo Kitamura
Shigematsu Shizuma
Etsuko Ichihara
Shigeko Shizuma
Shoichi Ozawa
Shokichi
Norihei Miki
Kotaro
Hisako Hara
Kin
Tamaki Sawa
Woman in Ikemoto-ya
Akiji Kobayashi
Katayama
Kazuko Shirakawa
Old Woman with White Flag
Kenjirou Ishimaru
Aono
Taiji Tonoyama
Old Priest
Fujio Tokita
Old Woman with Burns
Crew
Shōhei Imamura
Director
Toshirō Ishidō
Screenplay
Shōhei Imamura
Screenplay
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Hajime Okayasu
Editor
Takashi Kawamata
Director of Photography
Shōhei Imamura
Executive Producer
Takashi Miike
Assistant Director
Masuji Ibuse
Novel
Popular Reviews
52 reviews
James Cameron
7.0★ · 03/30/26
Hard, slecht einde
Hard, slecht einde
Fer Martinez
7.0★ · 02/22/26
quién sabe de que hablaban los konichiwas, no tenía subtítulos
quién sabe de que hablaban los konichiwas, no tenía subtítulos
Neil
6.0★ · 02/17/26
Chocolate Rainnnnn Some stay dry and others feel the pain
Chocolate Rainnnnn Some stay dry and others feel the pain
Harry Ramagiri
7.0★ · 12/13/25
Needed more actual rain. Pretty decent 80s cop drama
Needed more actual rain. Pretty decent 80s cop drama
Evan
7.0★ · 11/24/25
Black rain had the potential to be absolutely spectacular but it falls short on a couple points. The aesthetic is great but Ridley should have leaned more into it. Douglas is great and definitely makes this otherwise straight forward film. The story sounds more interesting than it is and the action bar the motorcycle sequences is very average. I was really hoping for this to be a underrated movie but ig not.
Black rain had the potential to be absolutely spectacular but it falls short on a couple points. The aesthetic is great but Ridley should have leaned more into it. Douglas is great and definitely makes this otherwise straight forward film. The story sounds more interesting than it is and the action bar the motorcycle sequences is very average. I was really hoping for this to be a underrated movie but ig not.
