Black Rain (1989)
Black Rain (1989)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Michael Douglas
Nick Conklin
Andy García
Charlie Vincent
Ken Takakura
Masahiro
Kate Capshaw
Joyce
Yūsaku Matsuda
Sato
Shigeru Kōyama
Ohashi
John Spencer
Oliver
Guts Ishimatsu
Katayama
Yuya Uchida
Nashida
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Sugai
Miyuki Ono
Miyuki
Ridley Scott
Director
Luis Guzmán
Frankie
John Costelloe
The Kid
Craig Bolotin
Writer
Stephen Root
Berg
Warren Lewis
Writer
Stanley R. Jaffe
Producer
Richard Riehle
Crown
Bruce Katzman
Yudell
Sherry Lansing
Producer
Tim Kelleher
Bobby
Hans Zimmer
Composer
Jan de Bont
Cinematographer
Edmund Ikeda
Japanese Businessman
Tomo Nagasue
Japanese Translator
Tom Rolf
Editor
Clem Caserta
Abolofia
Dianne Crittenden
CastingDirector
George Kyle
Farentino
Norris Spencer
ProductionDesigner
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Detective
Joe Perce
Detective
Louis Cantarini
Detective
Doug Yasuda
Japanese / American Translator
Toshio Sato
Japanese Embassy Official
Jun Kunimura
Yashimoto
Roy K. Ogata
Sato's Man
Shirô Oishi
Sato's Man
Professor Toru Tanaka
Sugai's Man
Rikiya Yasuoka
Sugai's Man
Jôji Shimaki
Sugai's Man
Gorô Sasa
Ohashi's Man
Taro Ibuki
Ohashi's Man
Daisuke Awaji
Ohashi's Man
Keone Young
Karaoke Singer
Jim Ishida
Escort Officer
Shōtarō Hayashi
Mediator
Toshishiro Obata
Mediator
Michiko Tsushima
Noodle Woman
Linda Gillen
Peggy
John Gotay
Danny
Matthew Porac
Patrick
Ken Kensei
Masahiro's Son
Josip Elic
Joe, the Bartender
Mitchell Bahr
Friend
Ken Enomoto
Detective
Nathan Jung
Sato's Yakuza Enforcer
Al Leong
Sato's Yakuza Assassin / Stunts
Bruce Locke
Sato's Man
Chris Nelson Norris
Motorcyclist
Dennis Y. Takeda
Newspaper Reporter
Celia Xavier
Nori, Bar Hostess
Fred C. Blau Jr.
Makeup Artist
John M. Dwyer
Set Decoration
Gordon Davidson
Sound Editor
Herman F. Zimmerman
Art Direction
John Jay Moore
Art Direction
Ellen Mirojnick
Costume Designer
Leslie Bloom
Set Decoration
Joy Todd
Extras Casting
Aldric La'Auli Porter
First Assistant Director
Dan Engstrom
Assistant Sound Editor
Richard Alonzo
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Neal Martz
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Andy Duppin
Stunts
Richard C. Goddard
Set Decoration
Phil Chong
Stunts
Bobby Bass
Stunt Coordinator / Second Unit Director
Michael Tadross
Unit Production Manager
Alexander Witt
Camera Operator
Greg P. Russell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Alan Hicks
Set Decoration
James Sabat
Production Sound Mixer
Jennifer L. Parsons
Costume Supervisor
Shirley Walker
Orchestrator / Conductor
William D. Gordean
Additional Editor
Melissa Skoff
Additional Casting
Jacqueline Cambas
Additional Editor
Peter Bucossi
Stunts
Julie Kirkham
Executive Producer
Yosuke Mizuno
Line Producer
Joy Dickson
Casting Associate
Bettiann Fishman
Second Assistant Director
Jeff Chamberlain
Dialogue Coach
Debi Manwiller
Casting Assistant
Aubrey Head
Color Timer
Brian Imada
Stunts
Mel Dellar
Unit Production Manager
Sandy Richman
Stunts
Al Cerullo
Pilot
Gary Davis
Stunts
Allan A. Apone
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Alan Poul
Associate Producer
Kay Rose
Sound Editor
Peter Hock
Stunts
Alex Stevens
Stunts
Frank Ferrara
Stunts
Mak Takano
Stunts
Leo Lee
Stunts
Richard Dean
Makeup Artist
Jay Amor
Stunts
Atsushi Takayama
Location Manager
Christina Smith
Makeup Artist
Craig Haagensen
Camera Operator
Monty Westmore
Makeup Artist
John Hateley
Stunts
Jim Lovelett
Stunts
Geoff Lee
Stunts
David Lee Fein
Foley Artist
Luca Kouimelis
Script Supervisor
William Webb
First Assistant Editor
Lightning Bear
Stunts
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc
Pilot
William A. Campbell
Wardrobe Supervisor
Dean Wilson
Property Master
Ken Dufva
Foley Artist
Mark Maitre
Prosthetics
James Flamberg
Supervising Music Editor
Barton M. Susman
Leadman
Milton C. Burrow
Supervising Sound Editor
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kevin O'Connell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Thomas Saccio
Property Master
David James
Still Photographer
Larry Mann
Sound Editor
Bruce W. Talamon
Still Photographer
Andrew D. Schwartz
Still Photographer
Harry Madsen
Stunts
Kathryn Blondell
Hairstylist
Stan Parks
Special Effects Supervisor
David B. Nowell
Aerial Camera
Tommy Tancharoen
Transportation Coordinator
Bill Wylie
Sound Editor
Kenneth Walker
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Susan V. Kalinowski
Hairstylist
Gregory J. Barnett
Stunts
Bill Voigtlander
ADR Editor
Greg Curda
Foley Mixer
Ed Ayer
Chief Lighting Technician
Lyndell Quiyou
Hairstylist
Benjamin Rosenberg
First Assistant Director
John Schacht
Leadman
Jerry DeBlau
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Eric Klosterman
Location Manager
Michael Hancock
Tattooist
Neil Burrow
Sound Editor
Chester Slomka
Sound Editor
Billy Patsos
Dolly Grip
John W. DeBlau
Chief Lighting Technician
Richard T. Allen
Construction Coordinator
Michael Runyard
Stunts
Richard Rudolph
Music Supervisor
Al Goto
Stunts
Vinnie Gerardo
First Assistant Camera
Louis Sabat
Boom Operator
Keith A. Wester
Production Sound Mixer
Elaine Maser
Costumer
Eric Myers
Unit Publicist
David Salven
Unit Production Manager
Bobby Mancuso
Second Assistant Camera
Terry Ladin
Production Office Coordinator
Kevin Richard Buxbaum
Accountant
Timothy P. Salmon
Boom Operator
Kenny Endoso
Stunts
Calmar Roberts
First Assistant Camera
Melissa Stanton
Wardrobe Supervisor
Ken Haber
Location Manager
Nobuaki Murooka
Casting
Michael J. Coo
Dolly Grip
James R. Bayliss
Set Designer
Bill Curry Jr.
Transportation Captain
Nancy Frazen
Assistant Editor
Steven Ito
Stunts
William Watkins
Unit Production Manager
Debbie Schwab
Production Office Coordinator
Patt McCurdy
Production Office Coordinator
Alan S. Kaye
Set Designer
Robert Maddy
Set Designer
Robert Doyle
Location Manager
Susumu Ejima
Location Manager
Kazuaki Enomoto
Location Manager
Kenichi Horii
Location Manager
Steven Shkolnik
Location Manager
Anthony Goldschmidt
Title Designer
Hiroshi Tom Tanaka
Stunts
Carol Keith
Assistant Production Coordinator
Arnold Gargiulo
Prosthetics
Richard J. Bayard
Construction Coordinator
Roger M. Janson
Construction Foreman
Deborah Peretz
Assistant Editor
Scott Burrow
Sound Editor
Michael P. Hunter
Assistant Property Master
John Kayton
Stunts
Richard Oswald
Sound Editor
Ted J. Kredo
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Richard Adams
Sound Editor
William L. Manger
Supervising Sound Editor
Jim Yant
Sound Editor
Lee Garibaldi
Transportation Co-Captain
Glen R. Feldman
Assistant Property Master
Dennis Salomone Sr.
Transportation Co-Captain
Bill Gerardo
Second Assistant Camera
Steven W. Gage
Grip
Danny Wong
Stunts
Lisa Grace Erndt
Costumer
Dennis Maguire
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Jodi Ehrlich
Second Assistant Director
Debra D. Jeffreys
Assistant Production Coordinator
James 'Packy' Dolan
Chief Lighting Technician
David Augsburger
Second Assistant Camera
David Webster
Stunts
Kenneth Weinberg
Assistant Property Master
Daishi Ichizawa
Stunts
Nicholas J. Musuraca
First Assistant Camera
Howard J. Hand
First Assistant Camera
Sharon L. Wilson
Second Assistant Camera
Richard von Ernst
Assistant Costume Designer
Joseph L. Gruca
Costumer
Richard Randall
Grip
Kelly L. Manger
Assistant Sound Editor
Alan Brown
Dialogue Coach
Dan Furst
Dialogue Coach
John Matheson
Construction Foreman
Robert A. Woolfe
Scenic Artist
Jennifer Pinkerton
Assistant Production Coordinator
Kim McLaren
Assistant Accountant
Steve Dobbins
Extras Casting
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 22, 1989
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
Content RatingR
Budget$30,000,000
Box Office$134,212,055
Filming LocationsLos Angeles · New York City · California, United States · Japan
Genres
Wiki.
Black Rain is a 1989 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Douglas, Andy García, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw, Yūsaku Matsuda and Tomisaburo Wakayama. The film focuses on two NYPD detectives who arrest a member of the yakuza and must escort him back to Japan. Once there, he escapes, and the two officers find themselves dragged deeper and deeper into the Japanese underworld.
The film was released by Paramount Pictures on September 22, 1989. It received much publicity beforehand as it was Douglas's first film since his Oscar winning role in Wall Street - a span of nearly two years. Upon release, it received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics, which praised the performances, Hans Zimmer's musical score, direction and editing but criticized the screenwriting, clichéd story and lack of character development.
In the years since, the film has become a cult film and has been widely praised. It was also a huge box office hit, grossing over $134 million worldwide in front of a production budget of $30 million, and was nominated for Best Sound and Best Sound Editing at the 62nd Academy Awards.Black Rain was the final film role for actor Yūsaku Matsuda, before his death in November 1989. The film is dedicated to his memory.