Movie

Black Rain

1989 · 123 min

A slow, humane look at survivors carrying an invisible catastrophe, quietly devastating and deeply compassionate.

Tagline: We do not live only to die.
Overview: Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic bombing, a tragedy that cruelly took the lives of thousands of people and forever marked the harsh existence of the survivors.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, survival, family, isolation
Content: Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
survival
family
isolation
trauma
Places: countryside
small town
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none