When the Rain Falls
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48% Critic Match

When the Rain Falls

4.8 / 10 2022 1h 24mNR Japanese
DramaRomance

Storyline

Hazuki clips her nails every time it rains. She caressed 'her' with these fingers back then. Hazuki, an editor of a publishing company now, is attracted by Shiori, the head of planning. On a day when the two women soaked wet in the rain, they enter an motel for shelter and take a shower. There Hazuki sees the image of her lost "girlfriend" in Shiori and eventually they reach out to each other.

Cast & Crew

Kazuha Komiya

Kazuha Komiya

Hazuki Kimihara

Lead
Kazumi

Kazumi

Shiori Sawada

Tomu Miyazaki

Tomu Miyazaki

Minoru Sawada

Yurisa

Yurisa

Hana Mizushima

Aika Yukihira

Aika Yukihira

Chihiro Miyashita

Jiro Ômiya

KH

Kanari Hoshino

SH

Satomi Houbo

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Shusuke Kaneko's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. When the Rain Falls is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker