Black Rain

Directed by Shōhei Imamura

Written by Shōhei Imamura, Toshirō Ishidō, Masuji Ibuse

Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic bombing, a tragedy that cruelly took the lives of thousands of people and forever marked the harsh existence of the survivors.

Cast

Yoshiko Tanaka

Yasuko

Kazuo Kitamura

Shigematsu Shizuma

Etsuko Ichihara

Shigeko Shizuma

Masato Yamada

Tatsu

Shoichi Ozawa

Shokichi

Norihei Miki

Kotaro

Hisako Hara

Kin

Tamaki Sawa

Woman in Ikemoto-ya

Akiji Kobayashi

Katayama

Kazuko Shirakawa

Old Woman with White Flag

Kenjirou Ishimaru

Aono

Taiji Tonoyama

Old Priest