Kuroi Ame ni Utarete

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Beaten by Black Rain, Struck by Black Rain
Japanese: 黒い雨に打たれて


Information

Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Aug 12, 1984
Producers: GEN Productions
Licensors: None found, add some
Source: Manga
Genres: DramaDrama, Slice of LifeSlice of Life
Theme: HistoricalHistorical
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 1 hr. 34 min.
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

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Score: 5.611 (scored by 314314 users)
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Ranked: #117532
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Popularity: #13904
Members: 1,106
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Synopsis

Black rain, which contained plenty of radioactivity, poured into Hiroshima just after the bombing. The effects of the death ash extend to the second and third generations and still cast the shadow of death behind the living witnesses.

(Source: Official Site)

Characters & Voice Actors

Iwata, Takeshi

Main

Junji

Main
Saijo, Hideki
Japanese

Eiko

Main
Han, Keiko
Japanese

Ishioka, Shouzou

Supporting
Masamune, Issei
Japanese

Sasahara

Supporting
Kitamura, Kouichi
Japanese

Hana

Supporting

Ginzou

Supporting
Ikeda, Masaru
Japanese

Alderman

Supporting
Tanaka, Yasuo
Japanese

Shinichi

Supporting
Suzuki, Tomiko
Japanese

Yoshio's Father

Supporting
Yada, Kouji
Japanese

Staff

Shirato, Takeshi
Director, Script
Fukumoto, Kiyoshi
Episode Director
Nakazawa, Keiji
Script, Planning, Original Creator
Kitarou
Theme Song Composition, Music


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Ending Theme

"Eiko no Komoriuta (英子の子守唄)" by Motoyoshi Iwasaki, Kumiko Nishiguchi




Reviews

Aug 17, 2017
Mixed Feelings
From Nakazawa Keiji, the creator of Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen) and Kuro ga Ita Natsu (Summer with Kuro). Kuroi Ame ni Utarete (Beaten by the Black Rain) follows first and second generation survivors of the Hiroshima bombing. It's easily Nakazawa Keiji's most resentful film.

The characters in this movie have a very low opinion of Americans, and the director doesn't project a flattering depiction of Americans. The characters have no outlet for all of the negative emotions they experience, so they try to get revenge on oblivious tourists by saying and doing reprehensible things. They're acutely aware of how irrational and unfair they're being; they ...
Jan 25, 2024
Mixed Feelings
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So there's a good deal of anti war movies out there. On one hand, you have the legendary Nausicaa, or Barefoot Gen. On the other you get shit like this. I was surprised to find out that this was made by the same guy who did Barefoot Gen, but I did make some connections between the two (specifically the b29 flying over the city felt exactly like the opposite view of the same plane in Barefoot Gen). However, this took everything that worked in the prior movie and defenestrated it.

The characters were generally unlikeable, with few personality traits other than "me hate Americans". All ...
Oct 21, 2024
Based on sifting through the manga panels, this is not a top-notch adaptation. The manga's art, especially when it comes to character designs, is far more appealing. Compare how elegant the manga cover is to the hideous character art in the film. Yes, the work deals with dark subjects, the downtrodden in Japan, and we see scarred and disfigured people, but there needs to be some contrasting beauty somewhere. However, I'll admit the use of color in many scenes, whether it's the blood reds, the neon lights, or the more expressionistic imagery in the hellish WWII flashbacks or any scenes directed in a more hallucinatory ...

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