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Black Rain

Kuroi ame (Black Rain)

1989

Shôhei Imamura

Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura, Norihei Miki, Tamaki Sawa ...

7.7

1,995

Drama 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Andrew Schenker Slant	"While most of 'Black Rain' takes place in 1950, the film's astonishing opening sequence places us at the epicenter of the event, August 1945."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"[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. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS

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