Japan Synopsis
黒い雨
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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Black Rain. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Drama + History in Japan
82 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and History genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Black Rain itself).
The 1988–1990 Japan Window
Black Rain holds position #29 of 110 Japan films in the 1988–1990 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
1989 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 44 titles released, including Black Rain. Bars below show how the 1980s stacked up year by year (280 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 43 other Japan films in 1989.
The 783rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
96 audience reviews — more than 76% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (76th percentile) outruns trending popularity (60th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Black Rain, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- post world war ii · 4
- radiation sickness · 1
- 1950s · 15
- atomic bomb · 13
- hiroshima · 11
- marriage proposal · 6
- japan · 454
- based on novel or book · 288
- world war ii · 55
- husband wife relationship · 46
- 1940s · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,384 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (70th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #601 of 1,933 (top 31%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Hayashibara Group, Imamura Productions, TFC |
| Runtime | 2h 3m |
| Release Date | May 13, 1989 |
| IMDb | tt0097694 |