Ame agaru (1999)

Director:

Takashi Koizumi

Writers:

Akira Kurosawa (screenplay)
Shûgorô Yamamoto (short story)

Release Date:

22 January 2000 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Ihei Misawa and his wife Tayo, stranded by rains at a country inn, bring a great deal of happiness to...

Plot Keywords:

Rain | Samurai | River | Ronin | Jidai Geki

Awards:

14 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Akira Terao	...	Ihei Misawa
Yoshiko Miyazaki	...	Tayo Misawa
Shirô Mifune	...	Lord Nagai Izuminokami Shigeaki
Fumi Dan	...	Okugata
Hisashi Igawa	...	Kihei Ishiyama
Hidetaka Yoshioka	...	Chamberlain Gonnojo Sakakibara
Mieko Harada	...	Okin
Tatsuo Matsumura	...	Sekkyo-Bushi Jii, the Old Preacher
Takayuki Katô	...	Hayato Naitô
Tatsuya Nakadai	...	Tsuji Gettan
Makiya Yamaguchi
Toshihide Wakamatsu
Daisuke Ryû
Bin Moritsuka
Masayoshi Nagasawa
Tappei Shimokawa
Kôen Okumura
Tomoko Ôtakara
Mieko Suzuki		(as Mie Suzuki)
Michiko Hozawa
Takao Zushi
Akihiko Sugizaki
Utaroku Miyakoya
Tetsuya Itô
Kyôko Oguma
Keiki Takenouchi
Masaaki Sasaki
Kosen Kagami
Tamahachi Yûgentei
Yayoi Negishi
Miroko Kanechika
Taiju Nakane
Kôji Fukumoto
Shiori Munekiyo
Anna Sakaguchi
Tôru Yoshida
Norio Matsui
Ryûjirô Oki
Motohiro Toriki
Masaru Sakurai
Kô Itô
Kenji Kodama
Naoto Tarumizu
Masahiro Noguchi
Shôgo Suzuki
Takaaki Seki
Naoki Matsuda
Shinji Inabe
Hironobu Ôhashi
Teruhiko Tanaka
Yûji Sawayama
Tomoya Tanaka
Hideki Matsuki
Sôjirô Satô
Akihito Uchikawa
Tappijin Izumi
Ken'ichi Hirakawa
Kôichi Taniguchi
Hajime Okayama
Tarô Ômiya
Tôta Tawaragi
Tasuku Unô
Yoshiaki Yoza
Yutaka Hiyama
Hiroshi Takayanagi
Masakazu Azuhata
Yukio Abe
Kôichi Ikai
Taku Katô
Yoshirô Fukui
Yûko Moriyama
Nami Asô
Hajime Tawara
Shigeo Shintomi
Azuma Tsuruta
Kazunori Shigeki
Seigi Ôzeki
Tamio Satô
Kôichi Imamura
Eiji Yokota
Osamu Tsuchiya
Hideto Maruyama
Masakazu Kawakura
Tatsuya Adachi
Hiroshi Inabe
Makoto Inoue

Directed by
Takashi Koizumi

Writing credits
Akira Kurosawa		(screenplay)
Shûgorô Yamamoto		(short story)

Produced by
Miyako Araki	....	associate producer
Elie Chouraqui	....	associate producer
Masato Hara	....	producer
Hisao Kurosawa	....	producer
Tsutomu Sakurai	....	line producer
Kayo Yoshida	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Masaru Satô

Cinematography by
Shôji Ueda

Film Editing by
Hideto Aga

Production Design by
Yoshirô Muraki

Costume Design by
Kazuko Kurosawa

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yasunori Miyazaki	....	assistant director
Yusunori Suzuki	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Kenichi Benitani	....	sound

Stunts
Hiroshi Kuze	....	fight choreographer

Camera and Electrical Department
Takao Saitô	....	consultant: photography
Takeji Sano	....	lighting technician (as Takeharu Sano)

Other crew
Teruyo Nogami	....	assistant: Takashi Koizumi

Production Companies

• 7 Films Cinéma
• Ame Agaru Seisaku Iinkai
• Asmik Ace Entertainment
• Kurosawa Production Co.

Distributors

• Toho Company (2000) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Europa Filmes (Brazil) (DVD)
• Europa Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
• Living Colour Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Opening Distribution (France)
• Tantra DMPC Ltd.

Other Companies

• Zurich Insurance  special support

Also Known As:

After the Rain (International: English title)
Après la pluie (France)
When the Rain Lifts (USA) (festival title)
Aharai Ha-Geshem (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
Ame agaru (Poland) [pl]
Après la pluie (Canada: French title) [fr]
Depois da Chuva (Brazil) [pt]
Nach dem Regen (Germany) [de]
Sateen jälkeen (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Japan | France

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:U

Company:

7 Films Cinéma

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999) (TV)

I loved it!

I agree with Jose Guilherme, that many of Kurosawa's movies are a little bit tiring, and also that the characters of this movie,Ame agaru are very charismatic.

This movie really made me a surprise,since it's very optimistic, and with a good message, about helping other people and to forget the bad side of the past, to turn into a better person in the future.:)

Also shows the monster of envy, when other fighters are jealous about misawa's habilities and the fact that he is invited to be the Master of all the fighters and warriors of the landlord.

I recommend it to everybody who wants a nice day!:)