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[Shohei Imamura] shoots in beautifully textured black and white to tell the story of survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bomb who were contaminated by the fallout.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Black Rain
We do not live only to die.
1989 · 2h 3m · Not Rated
Drama, History
Directed by
Shōhei Imamura
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 and cast
- Shōhei Imamura Director
- Yoshiko Tanaka as Yasuko
- Kazuo Kitamura as Shigematsu Shizuma
- Etsuko Ichihara as Shigeko Shizuma
- Masato Yamada as Tatsu
- Shoichi Ozawa as Shokichi
- Norihei Miki as Kotaro
- Hisako Hara as Kin
- Tamaki Sawa as Woman in Ikemoto-ya
- Akiji Kobayashi as Katayama
- Kazuko Shirakawa as Old Woman with White Flag
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