Black Rain
“We do not live only to die.”
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.
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Cast
23 people
Yoshiko Tanaka
Yasuko
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Kazuo Kitamura
Shigematsu Shizuma
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Etsuko Ichihara
Shigeko Shizuma
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Masato Yamada
Tatsu
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Shoichi Ozawa
Shokichi
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Norihei Miki
Kotaro
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Hisako Hara
Kin
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Tamaki Sawa
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Shogun's Joy of Torture
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Akiji Kobayashi
Katayama
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Kazuko Shirakawa
Old Woman with White Flag
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House of Ninjas
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Kenjirou Ishimaru
Aono
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Taiji Tonoyama
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In the Realm of the Senses
Shōhei Imamura Director · Toshirō Ishidō Screenplay Masuji Ibuse Author
United States release February 1, 1990 · Produced in Japan · Production Imamura Productions, TFC
Production
Hayashibara Group
Production
Imamura Productions
Production
TFC
Production
Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
黒い雨
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 13, 1989
Theatrical
United States · February 1, 1990
Theatrical
Belgium
October 12, 1989 · Premiere · Gent International Film Festival
Brazil
October 19, 2025 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
Chile
August 7, 2015 · Premiere · Festival: Terapias de Cine, Ciclo de cine, ciencia y medicina - Cine UC
China
September 20, 2021 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
Egypt
October 25, 2010 · Premiere · Hiroshima Japanese Film Festival
France
May 18, 1989 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
October 30, 1989 · Theatrical
July 29, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release
May 11, 2022 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
December 4, 2014 · Digital
India
January 24, 2012 · Premiere · Yashwant International Film Festival
Netherlands
September 29, 1989 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 3, 1990 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
Thailand
September 24, 2026 · Premiere · Bangkok International Film Festival
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