Beaten by Black Rain (1984)

5.5/10 94 min History Animation Drama

Overview

Many years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the survivors (called hibakusha in Japanese) are still physically and emotionally devastated by the event. Kuroi Ame ni Utarete tells the interlocking stories of a group of survivors who frequent Stand Akauma, a bar: Takeshi, who lost his entire family; Tomoko, a prostitute horribly burned in the bombing; her younger brother Junji, who scrabbles on the fringes of society; Eiko, a pregnant young woman whom he loves; and Yuri, another prostitute who is determined to secure a brighter future for her blind son.

Cast

Hideki Saijo

Junji (voice)

Keiko Han

Eiko (voice)

Takeshi Ōbayashi

Takeshi (voice)

Hidekatsu Shibata

Katsuta (voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka

Yoshio (voice)

Issei Masamune

Shozo (voice)

Taeko Nakanishi

Yuri (voice)

Tomiko Suzuki

Shinichi (voice)

Joji Yanami

Foreigner (voice)

Koichi Kitamura

Sasahara (voice)

Kyoko Tongu

Prostitute (voice)

Masaru Ikeda

Ginzo (voice)

Ryoichi Tanaka

Demonstrator (voice)

Seiko Nakano

Yuri (young) (voice)

Koji Yada

Yoshio's Father (voice)

Recommendations

Kensuke's Kingdom
Oliver Twist
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Mai Mai Miracle
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
Suburbia
Girl in the Box
Hachiko
PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
Radium Girls
Shara
The Most Hated Woman in America
The Boy and the Beast
Firebrand
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters
The Boy and the Heron
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
The Road Dance