Black Rain (1989) [R]

Release Date:
September 22, 1989

Original Title:
Black Rain

Alternate Titles:
Schwarzer Regen
ブラック・レイン
ブラック・レイン:1989

Genres:
Action | Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Jaffe-Lansing
Paramount Pictures
Pegasus Film Partners

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 14  CH: 16  DE: 16  FR: TP  GB: 15  GR: 16  HU: 18  IE: 18  KR: 18  NL: 16  US: R 

Runtime: 125

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

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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ADR Editor:
Bill Voigtlander

Accountant:
Kevin Richard Buxbaum

Additional Casting:
Melissa Skoff

Additional Editor:
William D. Gordean
Jacqueline Cambas

Aerial Camera:
David B. Nowell

Art Direction:
John Jay Moore
Herman F. Zimmerman

Assistant Accountant:
Kim McLaren

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
Jerry DeBlau
Ted J. Kredo

Assistant Costume Designer:
Richard von Ernst

Assistant Editor:
Nancy Frazen
Deborah Peretz

Assistant Production Coordinator:
Carol Keith
Debra D. Jeffreys
Jennifer Pinkerton

Assistant Property Master:
Kenneth Weinberg
Glen R. Feldman
Michael P. Hunter

Assistant Sound Editor:
Kelly L. Manger
Dan Engstrom

Associate Producer:
Alan Poul

Boom Operator:
Timothy P. Salmon
Louis Sabat

Camera Operator:
Craig Haagensen
Alexander Witt

Casting:
Dianne Crittenden
Nobuaki Murooka

Casting Assistant:
Debi Manwiller

Casting Associate:
Joy Dickson

Chief Lighting Technician:
James 'Packy' Dolan
John W. DeBlau
Ed Ayer

Color Timer:
Aubrey Head

Conductor:
Shirley Walker

Construction Coordinator:
Richard T. Allen
Richard J. Bayard

Construction Foreman:
John Matheson
Roger M. Janson

Costume Designer:
Ellen Mirojnick

Costume Supervisor:
Jennifer L. Parsons

Costumer:
Elaine Maser
Joseph L. Gruca
Lisa Grace Erndt

Dialogue Coach:
Alan Brown
Jeff Chamberlain
Dan Furst

Director:
Ridley Scott

Director of Photography:
Jan de Bont

Dolly Grip:
Billy Patsos
Michael J. Coo

Editor:
Tom Rolf

Executive Producer:
Craig Bolotin
Julie Kirkham

Extras Casting:
Joy Todd
Steve Dobbins

First Assistant Camera:
Vinnie Gerardo
Nicholas J. Musuraca
Calmar Roberts
Howard J. Hand

First Assistant Director:
Aldric La'Auli Porter
Benjamin Rosenberg

First Assistant Editor:
William Webb

Foley Artist:
Ken Dufva
David Lee Fein

Foley Mixer:
Greg Curda

Grip:
Steven W. Gage
Richard Randall

Hairstylist:
Lyndell Quiyou
Kathryn Blondell
Susan V. Kalinowski

In Memory Of:
Yūsaku Matsuda

Leadman:
John Schacht
Barton M. Susman

Line Producer:
Yosuke Mizuno

Location Manager:
Robert Doyle
Susumu Ejima
Kazuaki Enomoto
Ken Haber
Kenichi Horii
Eric Klosterman
Steven Shkolnik
Atsushi Takayama

Makeup Artist:
Richard Dean
Christina Smith
Monty Westmore
Fred C. Blau Jr.

Music Supervisor:
Richard Rudolph

Orchestrator:
Shirley Walker

Original Music Composer:
Hans Zimmer

Pilot:
Al Cerullo
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc

Producer:
Stanley R. Jaffe
Sherry Lansing

Production Design:
Norris Spencer

Production Office Coordinator:
Debbie Schwab
Terry Ladin
Patt McCurdy

Production Sound Mixer:
James Sabat
Keith A. Wester

Property Master:
Thomas Saccio
Dean Wilson

Prosthetic Makeup Artist:
Neal Martz
Richard Alonzo
Allan A. Apone
Kenneth Walker

Prosthetics:
Mark Maitre
Arnold Gargiulo

Scenic Artist:
Robert A. Woolfe

Screenplay:
Craig Bolotin
Warren Lewis

Script Supervisor:
Luca Kouimelis

Second Assistant Camera:
David Augsburger
Sharon L. Wilson
Bobby Mancuso
Bill Gerardo

Second Assistant Director:
Jodi Ehrlich
Bettiann Fishman

Second Unit Director:
Bobby Bass

Second Unit First Assistant Director:
Dennis Maguire

Set Decoration:
Leslie Bloom
John M. Dwyer
Richard C. Goddard
Alan Hicks

Set Designer:
James R. Bayliss
Alan S. Kaye
Robert Maddy

Sound Editor:
Richard Adams
Neil Burrow
Scott Burrow
Gordon Davidson
Larry Mann
Richard Oswald
Kay Rose
Chester Slomka
Bill Wylie
Jim Yant

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Donald O. Mitchell
Kevin O'Connell
Greg P. Russell

Special Effects Supervisor:
Stan Parks

Still Photographer:
David James
Andrew D. Schwartz
Bruce W. Talamon

Stunt Coordinator:
Bobby Bass

Stunts:
Peter Bucossi
Steven Ito
Michael Runyard
Danny Wong
Lightning Bear
Jay Amor
Gregory J. Barnett
Phil Chong
Gary Davis
Andy Duppin
Kenny Endoso
Frank Ferrara
Peter Hock
John Kayton
Geoff Lee
Jim Lovelett
Harry Madsen
Sandy Richman
Alex Stevens
Al Goto
John Hateley
Leo Lee
Brian Imada
Mak Takano
Hiroshi Tom Tanaka
David Webster
Daishi Ichizawa
Al Leong

Supervising Music Editor:
James Flamberg

Supervising Sound Editor:
Milton C. Burrow
William L. Manger

Tattooist:
Michael Hancock

Title Designer:
Anthony Goldschmidt

Transportation Captain:
Bill Curry Jr.

Transportation Co-Captain:
Dennis Salomone Sr.
Lee Garibaldi

Transportation Coordinator:
Tommy Tancharoen

Unit Production Manager:
Mel Dellar
David Salven
Michael Tadross
William Watkins

Unit Publicist:
Eric Myers

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Melissa Stanton
William A. Campbell

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