Black Rain

aka: Kuroi Ame
Japan 1989, 123 minutes
Dir. Shohei Imamura
In Japanese with English subtitles
Rating: [PG]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama

Topics: Atomic!, Disaster, Period 1940s.

Feat. Yoshiko Tanaka, Katzuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara

Aroview: Alarming, mournful insider's view of post-nuclear devastation that focuses on a surviving family that have been contaminated by the fallout of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Less an indictment of nuclear warfare than an unforgiving critique of Japanese society that's ancient collective consciousness is steeped in guilt and denial. Based on the novel by Masuji Ibuse.

NZ International Film Festival 1990