Akai Tôri-ame

Akai Tôri-ame 1980 Directed by Kōyū Ohara 赤い通り雨

An angry young man, who had been sentenced for rape, is freed from juvenile detention. He spots a lone woman who is taking a rest from driving and drags her into the woods to rape her. This experience destroys the woman’s marriage plans. Later she meets a sympathetic deliveryman and they become lovers. As she describes her past ordeal to him he begins to suspect that the assailant might be his younger brother. When the younger brother shows up the woman’s world is turned upside down again.

Country Japan

Production Country Japan

Language Japanese

Spoken Language Japanese

Gnere Drama

Production Company Nikkatsu Corporation

Release Date 2 August 1980

65 mins