Goofs for
Black Rain (1989/I) More at IMDbPro »

• Continuity: The position/orientation of the box next to Sugai.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When Conklin shoots the man with his shotgun, the wire is visible as he gets pulled backward through the door.
  
  
• Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The motorcycles are clearly small capacity (125, 250 or so) single cylinder trials bikes, probably two-strokes, but they produce the roar of a four-cylinder liter-size street racer. As part of the Yakuza initiation, new members will alter their bike to make as much noise as possible. They are then required to ride up and down a particular stretch of road revving their engine.
  
  

• Revealing mistakes: Towards the end of the movie, Nick shoots a hole in a bed sheet hanging on a clothes line, but the pre-cut hole is visible before it is shot.
  
  
• Continuity: In the police station, Masahiro holds the telephone receiver in his left hand. In the next shot, in the background, he is holding it in his right hand.
  
  
• Continuity: During Sato's meeting with the Yakuza bosses, he slams his fist down on the box containing the counterfeiting plate. In the next shot, his hand is palm-downward and flat against the box.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt double for Conklin during the motorcycle chase near the end of the film.
  
  
• Continuity: The orientation of the shotgun after Sugai's bodyguard tosses it to Nick.
  
  
• Continuity: When the Yakuza godfathers arrive for the climactic meeting at the vineyard, the sun is shining as they get out of their cars. In the reaction shot of Michael Douglas watching them, it is unmistakably raining.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: Towards the end of the film, in the section where Nick and Sato are fighting. Sato pushes Nick onto the bike wheel, and then they cut to Sato punching the ground. In the following shot you see Nick grimacing and in the background you see a blonde haired guy wearing a green tracksuit type top quickly duck behind a tree.
  
  
• Factual errors: The paper signed on the airplane in Japanese is a real estate agreement. When they meet at the police station they are told they signed an insurance form. This however could be explained by the Japanese police captain's mixing up the English terms "real estate" and "insurance".
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: At the end where the plates of the $100 bill are shown under the shirt, it clearly shows the "1" of "100" next to the portrait of Franklin, but on the real $100 bill it's the last "0" of "100" next to Franklin.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: In the final fight Michael Douglas gets kicked in the stomach and hits a tree. During that fight, Douglas is obviously wearing padding under his shirt.
  
  

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