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1989 film by Ridley Scott

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Black Rain is a 1989 action thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and produced by Stanley R. Jaffe and Sherry Lansing. The movie features Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, and Kate Capshaw in the cast. Hans Zimmer composed the score, while Jan de Bont served as director of photography and Tom Rolf as film editor. The production companies involved include Paramount Pictures, Pegasus Film Partners, and Jaffe-Lansing.

The narrative takes place in New York City and Osaka, with filming occurring in New York City, Los Angeles, California, and Japan. The film has a runtime of 125 minutes and a budget of 30,000,000. It generated 134,212,055 in box office revenue. Black Rain was distributed by Netflix via video on demand and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, an Academy Award for Best Sound, and the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film.

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Film · TMDB

6.6

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.

Released: 1989-09-22125 minDir: Ridley ScottDrama, Action, ThrillerBudget: $30.0MBox office: $134M

Cast

  • Michael Douglas as Nick Conklin
  • Andy Garcia as Charlie Vincent
  • Ken Takakura as Masahiro
  • Kate Capshaw as Joyce
  • Yūsaku Matsuda as Sato
  • Shigeru Kōyama as Ohashi

Themes

  • martial arts
  • japan
  • police
  • gangster
  • yakuza
  • organized crime
  • osaka, japan
  • police chase
  • action hero
  • amused

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Ratings

IMDb

6.6/10

64,713 votes

Year
1989
Runtime
125 min
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
Japan
Original language
Japanese
Director
Ridley Scott
Composer
Hans Zimmer
Production company
Paramount Pictures
Cinematographer
Jan de Bont
Narrative location
Osaka
Filming location
Japan
Duration
125
FilmAffinity ID
687767
Has parts of class
closing credits
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publication date
1989-09-22
film editor
Tom Rolf
title
Black Rain
distributed by
Netflix
review score
6.6/10
capital cost
30000000
box office
134212055
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