Director
Shôhei Imamura
Cast
Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara, Yoshiko Tanaka, Shoichi Ozawa, Tomie Ume, Norihei Miki
Edition 1989
123'
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1989
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War, Drama
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Dialogue:
Japanese
Shigematsu Shizuma lives with his senile mother, his wife Shigeko, and his niece Yasuko in a village near Fukuyama. He, his wife, his niece and his close friends in the village were present at the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The Shizumas look for prospective husbands for Yasuko, but find that the families withdraw on finding out she was at Hiroshima.
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Directors
Shôhei Imamura
Cast
Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara, Yoshiko Tanaka, Shoichi Ozawa, Tomie Ume, Norihei Miki
Scenario
Shôhei Imamura, Toshirô Ishidô
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Dialogue
Japanese
Countries of production
Japan
Screenplay based on
Kuroi Ame, een boek van Matsuji Ibuse
Year
1989
Filmography
Shôhei Imamura
Stolen Desire (1958), Nishi Ginza Station (1958), Endless Desire (1958), My Second Brother (1959), Pigs and Battleships (1961), The Insect Woman (1963), Intentions of Murder (1964), The Pornographers (1966), A Man Vanishes (1967), Profound Desires of the Gods (1968), History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (1970), Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute (1975), Vengeance Is Mine (1979), Why Not? (1981), The Ballad of Narayama (1983), Zegen (1987), Black Rain (1989), The Eel (1997), Dr. Akagi (1998), Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001), September 11 (2002)
