[JMovie] Ame Agaru 1999 720p HDTV x264 AAC-DoA

Movie: 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")