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Actors: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw, Ken Takakura, Yusaku Matsuda, Luis Guzmán
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Black Rain |
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Two New York cops, gruff and unethical Nick Conklin (Douglas) and younger partner Charlie Vincent (Garcia), catch a Japanese killer in New York and escort him back to Osaka, Japan where he escapes. They team up with a local detective, Masahiro "Mas" Matsumoto (Takakura) and descend into the yakuza (Japanese gangster) subculture. Although this 1989 film is a typically stylish Ridley Scott thriller, some of its characterization of Japanese mores and behavior is rather stereotypical. Matsuda portrays a rivetingly creepy and sadistic villain.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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In this action movie directed by Ridley Scott, a troubled cop, Michael Douglas, and his partner Andy Garcia captures a Yakuza gang member in counterfitting and brings him back to Osaka, Japan. When he escapes, Douglas and Garcia go on a man hunt with the "help" of the Osaka Police. Douglas witnesses the death of his partner and vows vengance. His Japanese counterpart, played by Ken Takakura, objects to Douglas's lack of honor and his wild behavior. After working with another Yakuza member, the two capture the gang member. During the fighting the counterfitting plates go missing. As Douglas is departing the airport, he tells Takakura that the plates are very vauable and who ever has them is set. Takakura knows that Douglas was on the take in New York and thinks he has the plates, but instead, Douglas gives the plates to Takakura showing that he does indeed have honor.
--Christopher Bellon, Resident Scholar
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Based on a screenplay directly written for the screen, BLACK RAIN is a movie directed by Ridley Scott in 1989. The picture earned two nominations for the Academy Awards.
Two NYC policemen must bring back a Japanese yakuza to Tokyo. Unfortunately, the criminal makes fools of the american cops by disappearing at the Tokyo airport. Both men decide to stay in Japan as observers of the bloody mafia conflict taking place between the old yakuzas and the young local criminal they've brought back home. They will soon intervene in the American manner in order to help the local police forces to get rid of the bad guys.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Black Rain |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Criminal enemy is...
- Asian crime gangs
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- dangerous
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- karate chop
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- flamed
- decapitated
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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