Timeline

Black Rain (Kuroi Ame) 1989

00:00 - 02:29 Yasuko prepares for the family evacuation ; opening credits over

the tea ceremony preparation

02:30 - 06:14 Shizuma boards the train for work; the atomic bomb hits; Yasuko

gets rained on by black rain

06:15 - 09:25 Shizuma reunites with his wife and Yasuko; cross through the city

09:26 - 11:24 Brothers reunite; other victims suffering

11:25 - 11:43 Five years later in Fukuyama; Yasuko obtains health certificate;

anti-nuclear event announcement

11:44 - 19:57 Yuichi stops the car; Shizuma tells Shigeko not to over work

19:58 - 26:20 Shizuma fish with friends; the widow’s remark about the survivor;

Fumiko comes home

26:21 - 31:40 Women villagers conversation; Shizuma copies Yasuko and his

diaries

31:41 - 43:50 Flash back to their time in the city; father tells about his son;

ceremony for the deaths; the surrender of Japan

43:51 - 50:57 Shizuma and friends breed carps; Yuichi fights with drivers; Aono’s

marriage proposal

50:58 - 56:27 Fumiko’s mother asks for Kotaro’s help; Yasuko’s grandmother

tells her not to get married; Yasuko talks with Aono

56:28 - 1:02:03 Katayama dies; flash back to the survivor’s shelter;

1:02:04- 1:09:56 Yasuko tells Aono about Katayama; Yasuko tells Shizuma she

wants to stay

1:09:57- 1:18:47 Shizuma and Yasuko visit her mother’s grave; Yasuko’s father

asks for her stay; Shigeko becomes sick

1:18:48- 1:25:18 Yuichi gives Jizo to Yasuko; Shizuma visits Shokichi; Shizuma

gives a copy of the diaries to the doctor

1:25:19- 1:38:43 Yuichi and his fear; Shokichi and Kotaro die; Shigeko’s

hallucination; Yuichi’s mother asks for Yasuko

1:38:44- 1:51:19 Yasuko becomes sick; Shigeko dies; Yasuko’s hallucination

1:51:20- 1:55:00 Shizuma comment about peace; Yasuko carries way in an

ambulance; Shizuma pondering about Yasuko’s future.

1:55:01- 1:57:29 Closing credits over Fukuyama’s scenery

By: Pim

Black Rain