Kuroi ame
(DVD)

Originally produced as a motion picture in Japan in 1989.

Based on the novel by Ibuse Masuji.

Also issued as part of the box set: Japan at war.

Special features: Alternate ending (color, 19 min.); Takashi Miike interview; Yoshiko Tanaka interview; Multimedia vault; Program notes; Cast/crew bios; Image gallery; Trailer.

880-03,Cinematography, Kawamata Takashi ; editor, Okayasu Hajime ; music, Takemitsu Toru.

880-02,Tanaka Yoshiko, Kitamura Kazuo, Ichihara Etsuko, Hara Hisako, Ishida Keisuke, Sawa Tamaki, Ozawa Shoichi.

Mr. and Mrs. Shizuma and their niece Yasuko make their way through the ruins of Hiroshima, devastated by the atomic bomb. Five years later, Yasuko is living with her aunt and uncle, and her senile grandmother, in a village containing many survivors of the bombing. Yasuko does not appear to be affected, but the Shizumas are worried about her marriage prospects, fearing that she might succumb to radiation sickness at any time.

Suggested rating: 18+; contains violence & brief nudity.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation.

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.