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new york city Japan yakuza counterfeiters murder

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Seen on: 06/27/2012 (rewatch)

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Black Rain (1989)

Directed by Ridley Scott

Action | Crime | Drama

Most recently watched by sensoria

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.

Rated R | Length 125 minutes

Actors

Kate Capshaw | Andy Garcia | Jun Kunimura | Michael Douglas | Vondie Curtis-Hall | Josip Elic | Professor Tanaka | Stephen Root | Clem Caserta | Richard Riehle | Yûsaku Matsuda | Shigeru Kôyama | John Spencer | Bruce Locke | Luis Guzmán | Al Leong | Tim Kelleher | Ken Takakura | Tomisaburo Wakayama | Keone Young | Yuya Uchida | Rikiya Yasuoka | Miyuki Ono | Jim Ishida | Chris Nelson Norris | George Kyle | Joe Perce | John Costelloe | Ken Enomoto | Linda Gillen | Guts Ishimatsu | Shôtarô Hayashi | Toshishiro Obata | Daisuke Awaji | Ken Kensei | Doug Yasuda | Bruce Katzman | Taro Ibuki | Nathan Jung | Edmund Ikeda | Tomo Nagasue | Louis Cantarini | Toshio Sato | Roy K. Ogata | Shirô Oishi | Jôji Shimaki | Gorô Sasa | Michiko Tsushima | John Gotay | Matthew Porac | Mitchell Bahr | Dennis Y. Takeda | Celia Xavier

Viewing Notes

Black Rain has never been a favorite of mine, but I don’t hate it either. It’d been a long time since I’d seen it so I figured I’d revisit it. This is the first time I noticed that Jan De Bont was the Director of Photography. Maybe that explains why I always felt like something was wrong with this movie.

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