Black Rain
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.
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Worldwide
- $134M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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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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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Black Rain returned 4.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $30M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $134M
- Release date
- Sep 22, 1989
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Japanese
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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