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黒い雨 /

Kuroi ame = Black rain /

今村プロダクション. 林原グループ. 東映株式会社. 今村昌平, 石堂淑朗, 飯野久. 田中好子, 北村和夫, 市原悦子, 原ひさ子, 井伏鱒二, Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: ANM-DV-1152 | AnimEigoANM-DV-1148 | AnimEigo | (set)Language: Japanese Original language: Japanese Subtitle language: English Publisher: Wilmington, NC : AnimEigo, [2009]Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (123 min. + extras) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videocassette
ISBN:
  • 1565675282
  • 9781565675285
  • 1565675436
  • 9781565675438
Other title:
  • English title: Black rain
Uniform titles: 黒い雨 (Motion picture) Uniform titles:
  • Kuroi ame (Motion picture)
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Ibuse, Masuji, 1898-1993. Kuroi ame
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .B5313 2009
Online resources: Production credits:
  • Cinematography, Kawamata Takashi ; editor, Okayasu Hajime ; music, Takemitsu Toru.
Awards:
  • Winner, 1990 Japan Academy Prize: Best actress, best cinematography, best director, best editing, best film, best lighting, best music score, best screenplay, best supporting actress ; Winner, 1989 Cannes Film Festival: Prize of the ecumenical Jury-special mention, Technical Grand Prize.
Cast: Tanaka Yoshiko, Kitamura Kazuo, Ichihara Etsuko, Hara Hisako, Ishida Keisuke, Sawa Tamaki, Ozawa Shoichi.Summary: Mr. and Mrs. Shizuma and their niece Yasuko make their way through the ruins of Hiroshima, devastated by the atomic bomb. Five years later, Yasuko is living with her aunt and uncle, and her senile grandmother, in a village containing many survivors of the bombing. Yasuko does not appear to be affected, but the Shizumas are worried about her marriage prospects, fearing that she might succumb to radiation sickness at any time.
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 1536 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050127093

Originally produced as a motion picture in Japan in 1989.

Based on the novel by Ibuse Masuji.

Also issued as part of the box set: Japan at war.

Special features: Alternate ending (color, 19 min.); Takashi Miike interview; Yoshiko Tanaka interview; Multimedia vault; Program notes; Cast/crew bios; Image gallery; Trailer.

Suggested rating: 18+; contains violence & brief nudity.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation.

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Winner, 1990 Japan Academy Prize: Best actress, best cinematography, best director, best editing, best film, best lighting, best music score, best screenplay, best supporting actress ; Winner, 1989 Cannes Film Festival: Prize of the ecumenical Jury-special mention, Technical Grand Prize.

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