Movie · 1989
Black Rain
“An American cop in Japan. Their country. Their laws. Their game. His rules.”
Released 22 September 1989 125 min Drama / Action / Thriller More from 1989 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Shigeru Kōyama
as Ohashi
Tomisaburō Wakayama
as Sugai
Professor Toru Tanaka
as Sugai's Man
Ken Takakura
as Masahiro
Yuya Uchida
as Nashida
Michael Douglas
as Nick Conklin
John Spencer
as Oliver
Keone Young
as Karaoke Singer
Richard Riehle
as Crown
Yūsaku Matsuda
as Sato
Guts Ishimatsu
as Katayama
Stephen Root
as Berg
Al Leong
as Sato's Yakuza Assassin
Kate Capshaw
as Joyce
Andy Garcia
as Charlie Vincent
Luis Guzmán
as Frankie
Tim Kelleher
as Bobby
Miyuki Ono
as Miyuki
John Costelloe
as The Kid
Clem Caserta
as Abolofia
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The numbers
33years between the oldest and youngest billed
60Shigeru Kōyama — oldest on the call sheet
27John Costelloe — youngest billed
42average age of the credited cast