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Black Rain

"We do not live only to die."

1989 2h 3m ★ 7.6 (129 votes) Released

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

Shōhei Imamura

Screenplay

Shōhei Imamura

Screenplay

Toshirō Ishidō

Rating
7.6
Runtime
123 min

Production

Hayashibara Group
Imamura Productions
TFC TFC

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badelf
★ 10/10 Nov 18, 2023

Whether you're male, female, or trans, this movie grabs you by the balls and won't let go for 123 minutes. It's an incredible anti-nuke, anti-war statement, and Palme D'Or winner for all the right reasons. A super script, done without maudlin, and done so well technically and artistically that absolutely nothing pulls you out of the head space.

Keywords

marriage proposalhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookatomic bombworld war iihiroshima, japanpost world war iiradiation sickness1940s1950shibakusha

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