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Black Rain
1989
· Movie
· 125 min
C
MEANRANK
63/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3536
- IMDb #3203
- Rotten Tomatoes #3401
- Metacritic #2852
- Letterboxd #3067
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3536
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3700
- Metacritic Critics #2863
- Metacritic Audience #2757
- Criticker #2377
- Kinopoisk #2945
- AlloCiné #2671
- Trakt #3587
Every rating
42–84
out of 100
Two New York City detectives arrest a member of a violent Japanese yakuza gang. They are tasked with escorting him back to Osaka, but he escapes upon arrival. Forced to stay in Japan, they partner with reluctant local police to track down the fugitive, navigating the unfamiliar and rigid culture of the Japanese criminal underworld.
Details
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Writers
- Craig Bolotin, Warren Lewis
- Released
- 22 September 1989
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $134.2M
- Awards
- 1 win, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Academy Awards 1989 | Best Sound | Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1989 | Best Sound Effects Editing | Milton Burrow, William Manger | Nominee |
| Japan Academy Film Prize 1990 | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Ridley Scott | Nominee |
| Golden Horse Awards 1989 | Best Foreign Film | Ridley Scott | Winner |
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Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Sound | Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester | Nominee |
| Best Sound Effects Editing | Milton Burrow, William Manger | Nominee |
Golden Horse Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Ridley Scott | Winner |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Ridley Scott | Nominee |