Kuroi Ame ni Utarete

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Synonyms: Beaten by Black Rain, Struck by Black Rain

Japanese: 黒い雨に打たれて

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Aug 12, 1984

Producers: GEN Productions

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Studios: None found, add some

Source: Manga

Genres: Drama, Historical

Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.

Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

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Score: 5.99¹ (scored by 93 users)

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Ranked: #7796²

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Popularity: #10900

Members: 372

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Anime adaptation of the manga Kuroi Ame ni Utarete by Nakazawa Keiji.

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Shirato, Takeshi

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Nakazawa, Keiji

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Hashimoto, Takashi

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Okayasu, Hajime

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Aug 25, 2018

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 4

literaturenerd (All reviews)

13 people found this review helpful

Overview:

Beaten by the Black Rain isn't a well known anime, but it should be. This very well might be the most disappointing anime sequel I've ever seen. One of my favorite anime films of all time is a 1983 anti-War film called Barefoot Gen. I think it's vastly superior to Grave of the Fireflies and I will readily defend it as an unfairly overlooked classic. Black Rain is the sequel to Gen made by the same writer/director just 1 year later. This anime is just fucking baffling! It takes EVERYTHING that Gen did right and does it wrong! WHY Mr. Nakazawa?! Why would you do read more

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Aug 17, 2017

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

Gay4Pay (All reviews)

7 people found this review helpful

From Nakazawa Keiji, the creator of Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen) and Kuro ga Ita Natsu (Summer with Kuro). Kuroi Ame ni Utarete (Beaten by the Black Rain) follows first and second generation survivors of the Hiroshima bombing. It's easily Nakazawa Keiji's most resentful film.

The characters in this movie have a very low opinion of Americans, and the director doesn't project a flattering depiction of Americans. The characters have no outlet for all of the negative emotions they experience, so they try to get revenge on oblivious tourists by saying and doing reprehensible things. They're acutely aware of how irrational and unfair they're being; they read more