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[[File:511TSMV3ECL_5446.jpg|frame| Like [[Sylvester Stallone]] in ''[[Cobra]]'' Michael Douglas is trying '''way''' too hard to look cool in this movie.]]
'''''Black Rain''''' is a 1989 American action-thriller film starring Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw and Yusaku Matsuda. The film was directed by [[Ridley Scott]].▼
▲''Black Rain'' is a 1989 American action-thriller film starring Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw and Yusaku Matsuda. The film was directed by [[Ridley Scott]].
Detective Nick Conklin didn't need any more complications in his life. His ex-wife, the alimony payments, the rest of his bills, his kids, the occasional motorcycle street race and the [[Internal Affairs]] department investigating him for corruption were more than enough to keep him busy. But things ''really'' got interesting one day when he was eating lunch with his partner Charlie, and they happen to look over and see a known Mafia capo eating lunch and doing business with some Japanese gentlemen. Then a second group of Japanese men come into the restaurant, kill that first group, then flee. Nick and Charlie go after them, and after a tough chase that nearly costs Nick his life, they manage to bring the leader in.
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The film was nominated for Oscars in Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95-bc1DZovg Trailer].
Compare with ''[[The Yakuza]]'', a Sydney Pollack film with a similar plot but a different take on themes.
Not to be confused with the Masuji Ibuse novel of the same name.
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Nick, [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV or V]]. He is xenophobic, violent, semi-alcoholic {{spoiler|and he has also illegaly stolen some drug money}} but we see him trying to do the right thing throughout the film and he has his better side too.
* [[Badass Biker]]: Nick himself is one, and Sato just happens to lead a gang of them.
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* [[It's Personal]]
* [[Life of the Party]]: Charlie.
* [[The Mafia]]: Very brief appearance in the beginning of the film, making a deal with some [[Yakuza]].
* [[Mighty Whitey]]: Although Nick comes off as uncouth, completely out of his depth in Japan and so on, he takes down Sato virtually singlehanded, while all Japanese cops except Mas come off as useless, [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|Obstructive Bureaucrats]] who haven't been able to do anything useful the whole time. (Or even before the movie started, for that matter).
* [[Mob War]]
* [[Motive Rant]]: Sugai gives a calm but anger filled one about why he despises America and is Yakuza.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Nick and Charlie think they're delivering a notorious criminal into custody, but they're actually playing right into his plans and he ends up going free. The rest of the movie is spent trying to fix this.
* [[Noble Bigot with a Badge]]: Nick shows some xenophobia, but he gets better.
* [[Police Are Useless]]
* [[
* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: {{spoiler|Charlie}}
* [[Tactful Translation]]: Charlie tries to soften Nick's words on occasion.
* [[Title Drop]]:
{{quote|'''Sugai''': I was 10 when the B-29 came. My family lived underground for three days. We when came up the city was gone. Then the heat brought rain. ''Black Rain''. }}
* [[With This Herring]]: Nick and Charlie's guns are confiscated when they arrive in Japan. They then proceed to take on the Japanese underworld.
* [[Yakuza]]
* [[Yubitsume]]: The villain does it, remarkably. {{spoiler|It also has some plot relevance, as the fresh injury bothers Sato in his last fight with Nick.}}
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