Award

According to Wikipedia

Film

 

Wins

·       
Cannes Film Festival 1989: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention, Technical Grand Prize

·         Flanders International Film Festival Ghent 1989: Georges Delerue Prize, Golden Spur

·         Hochi Film Awards 1989: Best Actress

·         Japanese Academy Awards 1990: Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Film, Best Lighting, Best Music Score, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress

·         Blue Ribbon Award 1990: Best Actress

·         Kinema Junpo Award 1990: Best Actress, Best Director, Best Film

·         Mainichi Film Concours 1990: Best Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Film

·         Sant Jordi Awards 1991: Best Foreign Film

Nominations

·         Cannes Film Festival 1989: Palme d'Or   

·         Japanese Academy Awards 1990: Best Art Direction, Best Sound

·         Independent Spirit Awards 1991: Best Foreign Film  

 

Novel

·         Cultural Medal

·         Noma Prize (Japan's hgihtest literary award)

 Reference: Ibuse, Masuji. (1969). Black Rain. Tokyo: Kodansha. (Trans. John Bester)
                     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rain_(Japanese_film)

By: Pim