When the Rain Lifts

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Movie: When the Rain Lifts / After the Rain
Romaji: Ame agaru
Japanese: 雨あがる
Director: Takashi Koizumi
Writer: Akira Kurosawa, Shugoro Yamamoto
Producer: Miyako Araki, Elie Chouraqui, Masato Hara, Hisao Kurosawa, Tsutomu Sakurai, Kayo Yoshida
Cinematographer: Shoji Ueda
Release Date: January 22, 2000
Runtime: 91 min.
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Master-less samurai Ihei Misawa (Akira Terao) and his wife Tayo Misawa (Yoshiko Miyazaki) are staying at an inn (mostly lower class) during a rain storm. Everyone is waiting for the rain to end and the river to go down so they can cross. The samurai is a gentle man who tries to help others as they wait. A local lord then considers him for a job in his castle.

Cast

Akira Terao - Ihei Misawa
Yoshiko Miyazaki - Tayo Misawa
Shiro Mifune - Lord Nagai Izuminokami Shigeaki
Fumi Dan - Okugata
Hisashi Igawa - Kihei Ishiyama
Hidetaka Yoshioka - Chamberlain Gonnojo Sakakibara
Mieko Harada - Okin
Tatsuo Matsumura - Sekkyo-Bushi Jii, the Old Preacher
Takayuki Kato - Hayato Naito
Tatsuya Nakadai - Tsuji Gettan
Makiya Yamaguchi
Toshihide Wakamatsu
Daisuke Ryu
Bin Moritsuka
Masayoshi Nagasawa
Tappei Shimokawa
Koen Okumura
Tomoko Otakara

Awards

2001 (24th) Japan Academy Prize - March 9, 2001
- "Picture of the Year"
- "Screenplay of the Year"
- "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role" (Akira Terao)
- "Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role" (Mieko Harada)
- "Outstanding Achievement in Music" Masaru Sato
- "Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography" Shoji Ueda
- "Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction" Takeji Sano
- "Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction" Yoshiro Muraki
2000 (43rd) Blue Ribbon Awards | February 9, 2001
- "Best Supporting Actress" ("Yoshiko Miyazaki")