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Black Rain
Why this pick
Its hard-edged American outsider is pulled into Osaka’s criminal underworld, pairing fish-out-of-water tension with neon-soaked Japanese locations and an escalating clash of codes.
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MOVIE1982 1h 53m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A katana, one of a pair known as "The Equals", was a heirloom of the Yoshida family, passed down through the generations before being lost during World War II. It was finally tracked down and recovered in California by the youngest son Toshio. Hoping to return its rightful owner, his father Toru, Toshio hires down-on-his luck prize fighter Rick Murphy to smuggle the sword back to Japan.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Scott Glenn
Rick
Toshirô Mifune
Toru Yoshida
Atsuo Nakamura
Hideo Yoshida
Calvin Jung
Ando
Sab Shimono
Toshio Yoshida
Miiko Taka
Toru Yoshida's Wife
Pamela Bowman
Girl in Gym
Clyde Kusatsu
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