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Black Rain (1989)

R09/22/1989Drama, Action, Thriller2h 5m
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An American cop in Japan. Their country. Their laws. Their game. His rules.

Overview

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Michael Douglas

    Nick Conklin

  2. Cast 1

    Andy Garcia

    Charlie Vincent

  3. Cast 1

    Ken Takakura

    Masahiro

  4. Cast 1

    Kate Capshaw

    Joyce

  5. Cast 1

    Yūsaku Matsuda

    Sato

  6. Cast 1

    Shigeru Kōyama

    Ohashi

  7. Cast 1

    John Spencer

    Oliver

  8. Cast 1

    Yuya Uchida

    Nashida

  9. Cast 1

    Guts Ishimatsu

    Katayama

First things first: My review is detailed and long, but it contains NO MAJOR SPOILERS, you can still enjoy the plot unfolding after reading it. I think Black Rain (BR) is almost criminally underrated within the buddy cop and dramatic noir genre.reading it. The "underrated" moniker also applies because most of the cast and other key people involved (Sir Ridley Scott, Michael Douglas, music score by a (at the time) young and still largely unknown Hans Zimmer) may be better known today for all their later achievements. BR feels like lost in time with a current TMDB rating of only 60+...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$30,000,000.00

Revenue $134,212,055.00

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