A guilty pleasure if ever there was one, "Black Rain" is a ridiculously entertaining thriller by Ridley Scott ("Alien"), starring Michael Douglas as a tough New York cop who--along with his partner (Andy Garcia)--goes to Japan to deliver a local mobster. When the latter escapes, Douglas's brand of gonzo crime fighting rubs his Japanese hosts the wrong way. Slick, mechanistic, and absurd, the film is all surface action and attitude (not to mention Scott's incredibly busy, trademark art direction); and one can get lost in the sheer indulgence of it. However, if you can buy Douglas as an iconoclastic lawman, you can buy anything else here, including the notion of Kate Capshaw as a blonde escort highly desired by Japanese businessmen. -- "Tom Keogh, Amazon.com"
Michael Douglas | Nick Conklin |
Andy Garcia | Charlie Vincent |
Kate Capshaw | Joyce |
Ken Takakura | Masahiro |
Yusaku Matsuda | Sato |
Shigeru Kôyama | Ohashi (as Shigeru Koyama) |
John Spencer | Oliver |
Guts Ishimatsu | Katayama |
Yûya Uchida | Nashida |
Tomisaburo Wakayama | Sugai |
Miyuki Ono | Miyuki |
Luis Guzmán | Frankie (as Luis Guzman) |
John Costelloe | The Kid (as John A. Costelloe) |
Stephen Root | Berg |
Richard Riehle | Crown |
Bruce Katzman | Yudell |
Edmund Ikeda | Japanese Businessman |
Tomo Nagasue | Japanese Translator |
Clem Caserta | Abolofia |
Tim Kelleher | Bobby |
George Kyle | Farentino |
Vondie Curtis-Hall | Detective |
Joe Perce | Detective |
Louis Cantarini | Detective |
Doug Yasuda | Japanese / American Translator |
Toshio Sato | Japanese Embassy Official |
Jun Kunimura | Yashimoto |
Roy K. Ogata | Sato's Man (as Roy Ogata) |
Shirô Oishi | Sato's Man (as Shiro Oishi) |
Professor Toru Tanaka | Sugai's Man |
Rikiya Yasuoka | Sugai's Man |
Joji Shimaki | Sugai's Man |
Goro Sasa | Ohashi's Man |
Taro Ibuki | Ohashi's Man |
Daisuke Awaji | Ohashi's Man |
Keone Young | Karaoke Singer |
Jim Ishida | Escort Officer |
Shôtarô Hayashi | Mediator (as Shotaro Hayashi) |
Toshirô Obata | Mediator (as Toshihiro Obata) |
Michiko Tsushima | Noodle Woman |
Linda Gillen | Peggy |
John Gotay | Danny |
Matthew Porac | Patrick |
Ken Kensei | Masahiro's Son |
Josip Elic | Joe, the Bartender |
Mitchell Bahr | Friend |
Hans Zimmer | Composer |
Jan de Bont | Cinematographer |
Tom Rolf | Editor |
Norris Spencer | Production Designer |
John Jay Moore | Art Director |
Herman F. Zimmerman | Art Director |
Yusaku Matsuda | Sato |
Tomisaburo Wakayama | Sugai |