40% Critic Match

Blue Rain Osaka

“It's always the woman who falls in love and is deceived and cries, but our encounters stir up her heart.”

4.0 / 10• 1983• 1h 19m•NR• Japanese

Drama

Storyline

A woman who runs a bar with her older sister has her life disrupted when she has a chance meeting with an old lover.

Kiriko Shimizu

Machiko Uzaki

Lead

Saeko Kuga

Satsuki Tsumura

Kazuyo Ezaki

Miyuki

Akira Hanaue

Yorino

Osamu Egami

Yûji Egami

Akira Shioji

Doctor

Ryumei Azuma

Hasegawa

Kōji Yashiro

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2.0

“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Masaru Konuma's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”

— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

3.0

“Every frame feels alive. Blue Rain Osaka is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”

— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker