After the Rain (1999)
1999 Japanese film directed by Takashi Koizumi
- Released
- 6 September 1999
- Country
- Japan, France
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- Samurai film
- Director
- Takashi Koizumi
- Screenplay
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producer
- Masato Hara, Hisao Kurosawa
- Music
- Masaru Sato
- Cinematography
- Shōji Ueda
- Editing
- Hideto Aga
- Starring
- Akira Terao, Mieko Harada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Fumi Dan, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Hisashi Igawa
- Running time
- 91 minutes
- Distributor
- Toho, Netflix
After the Rain (Japanese: 雨あがる, Hepburn: Ame agaru) is a 1999 Japanese and French drama film. The story is based on the last script written by Akira Kurosawa and is directed by his former assistant director of 28 years, Takashi Koizumi. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. After the Rain was Japan's official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 73rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Nominations
- International Submission to the Academy Awards
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q2859045 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.