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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   13,817 votes
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Director:
Ridley Scott
Writers (WGA):
Craig Bolotin (written by) &
Warren Lewis (written by)
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Release Date:
22 September 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
An American Cop in Japan. Their country. Their laws. Their game. His rules. more
Plot:
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(8 articles)
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User Comments:
Uneven and clichéd more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Michael Douglas ... Nick

Andy Garcia ... Charlie
Ken Takakura ... Masahiro

Kate Capshaw ... Joyce
Yusaku Matsuda ... Sato
Shigeru Kôyama ... Ohashi (as Shigeru Koyama)

John Spencer ... Oliver
Guts Ishimatsu ... Katayama
Yuya Uchida ... Nashida
Tomisaburo Wakayama ... Sugai
Miyuki Ono ... Miyuki

Luis Guzmán ... Frankie (as Luis Guzman)
John Costelloe ... The Kid (as John A. Costelloe)

Stephen Root ... Berg
Richard Riehle ... Crown
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Black Rain (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Lluvia negra (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Black Rain (Spain) [es]
Black Rain (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Black Rain - pioggia sporca (Italy) [it]
Chuva Negra (Portugal) [pt]
Crna kisa (Serbia) [sr]
Czarny deszcz (Poland) [pl]
Fekete esö (Hungary) [hu]
Geshem Shahor (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
Kafti vrohi (Greece) [el]
Kara yagmur (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Must vihm (Estonia) [et]
Musta sade (Finland) [fi]
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Runtime:
125 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Japanese
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The character at the end of the film reads "kan", meaning "the end". more
Goofs:
Continuity: The orientation of the shotgun after Sugai's bodyguard tosses it to Nick. more
Quotes:
Joyce: Because you could get me killed. You see, there's a war going on here, and they don't take prisoners.
Nick Conklin: What are you talking about?
Joyce: It's between Sato and an old crime boss named Sugai.
Nick Conklin: Who else knows about this war?
Joyce: Counting you and me?
[beat]
Joyce: Eleven million.
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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Uneven and clichéd, 6 December 2008
6/10
Author: ctomvelu-1 from United States

I have never been able to warm up to BLACK RAIN, a cliché-ridden 80s cop thriller. Michael Douglas, who by 1989 was a big Hollywood star with a mullet, plays a crooked cop who escorts a Yakuza home to Japan after witnessing the guy kill two people. His partner Andy Garcia is along for the ride. As soon as they touch down in Tokyo, they lose the killer and the chase is on. Soon enough, they are teamed up with a by-the-book Japanese detective, played by the doleful Ken Takakura. The problem with the movie is, it is shot MTV-style and we are all over the place with this one, rarely sitting still long enough to catch our collective breath. You'd think Tony, not Ridley, shot this one. Douglas is fine and basically carries the movie, and Garcia is believable as a naive, fresh-faced youngster who lacks Douglas' street smarts. The bad guys are stock characters and just not that interesting. In the end, too much chasing around without much of a payoff will have worn most viewers out long before the final scene.

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