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Black Rain

We do not live only to die.

7.6(139)19892h 3m3

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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Language
Japanese
  • 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

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • PremiereYashwant International Film Festival24 Jan 2012
  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR1 Feb 1990
  • BelgiumBE

    • PremiereGent International Film Festival12 Oct 1989
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereLSão Paulo International Film Festival19 Oct 2025
  • ChileCL

    • PremiereFestival: Terapias de Cine, Ciclo de cine, ciencia y medicina - Cine UC7 Aug 2015
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereBeijing International Film Festival20 Sept 2021
  • EgyptEG

    • PremiereHiroshima Japanese Film Festival25 Oct 2010
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival18 May 1989
    • Theatrical30 Oct 1989
    • TheatricalRe-release29 Jul 2020
    • TheatricalRe-release11 May 2022
  • GermanyDE

    • Digital / OTT164 Dec 2014
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical13 May 1989
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1629 Sept 1989
  • SwedenSE

    • PremiereGöteborg Film Festival3 Feb 1990

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Black Rain was released on 13 May 1989.

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  • B

    badelf

    11/18/2023

    10/10

    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.

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