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Black Rain (1989)

R 09/22/1989 (US) Drama, Action, Thriller 2h 5m

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An American cop in Japan. Their country. Their laws. Their game. His rules.

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.

Ridley Scott

Director
Warren Lewis

Screenplay
Craig Bolotin

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Top Billed Cast

Michael Douglas

Nick Conklin
Andy García

Charlie Vincent
Ken Takakura

Masahiro
Kate Capshaw

Joyce
Yūsaku Matsuda

Sato
Shigeru Kōyama

Ohashi
John Spencer

Oliver
Yuya Uchida

Nashida
Guts Ishimatsu

Katayama
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A review by John Chard

80%

Written by John Chard on July 8, 2019

If you pull it-you better use it.

Black Rain is directed by Ridley Scott and written by Craig Bolotin and Warren Lewis. It stars Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw, Yusaku Matsuda and Tomisaburo Wakayama. Music is by Hans Zimmer and cinematography by Jan de Bont.

After New York cops Nick Conklin (Douglas) and Charlie Vincent (Garcia) arrest a sword wielding psychopath named Sato Koji (Matsuda), they are tasked with escorting him back to Osaka in Japan. From here they are plunged into a war that is brewing in the Japanese underworld.

You see there's a war going on... read the rest.

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