BasicLogic I've never given a 10/10 rating ever on imdb, but this one surely deserves it! An impeccably directed, shot and acted from the very beginning to the end; and the end indeed was not as an usual end since it smartly left the space for the viewers to fulfill it with their imagination and bless. What a wonderful screenplay with wonderful cast to be performed by all the actors. The constant smiles of the peaceful ronin with great heart of humanity, the short-tempered fief master, the serene and understanding wife of the ronin, the fief mater's great wife, and those poor people congested in the roadside inn awaited the rain to stop...., and the fantastic cinematography and the fascinating soundtrack....on and on, there's no film so perfectly put together.I was deeply touched and moved by the sublime humanity this ronin and his wife did and said. I was also puzzled by the Japanese people, why they are at the same time so philosophically profound as the most wonderful mankind on Earth, yet they also had generated so many monstrous satanic stone killers during the WWII. This film should be widely viewed especially by all of the races on the planet and those profit-driving Hollywood producers.

diggus doggus originally i felt a review of Ame Agaru would be redundant, but seeing as everyone else (almost) seems to think this is a great film, i have to raise a voice.After The Rain is a mediocre film. Not in a bad way, but rather in an uninteresting way. First, the story is simple, very simple. Let's keep this in mind and pause here for a second.Second, there are the many parts of the film where Kurosawa would put in some touches of class, some exposition of a more profound aspect of his characters, some haunting sights, some rhythmic pauses to the drama. After The Rain has none of this; or rather, there are blank spots where Kurosawa would have put something cool which makes his movies into masterpieces, instead here we have nothing but boredom, emptiness, mediocrity and shallowness. In the end, this is a film from a director who thinks he is Kurosawa, starring an actor who thinks he is Toshiro Mifune, telling a story everyone involved thinks its profound, while it's not.(Kurosawa had the ability to extract moments of great drama from his actors, that's why he didn't need complicated stories)So yeah, we appreciate the tribute, but it didn't come out very well.My final vote: 5/10 Don't bother, there's nothing to see.

Necatoriasis Ame Agaru was one of the most intricate films I have seen so far--not because it had a complicated plot or pieces that fit into a missing puzzle, but because the messages in it conveyed a wisdom that accompanied the life of the samurai. There was little majesty addressed to the fighting lifestyle and code of honour that encompasses the samurai way of living; instead, it focused on the simplicity of the day to day life behind the majesty of such mystic creatures. The film was beautifully directed, the aesthetic of the atmosphere was amazing, the acting had a humble approach that truly reflected the modesty of the wise samurai, and the film's length was just enough to convey the message accurately without going into extraneous details or without being too short. This film addressed the grandeur found even in the stagnant way of living for the samurai, and what I was even more pleased to see was that the film addressed the wisdom of releasing ego and the will to win. Those who sought to win seemed to be self-defeating, and only when the way of the warrior becomes that egoless path can the warrior cross the river after the rain and see where he is going.

Jessica Carvalho I agree with Jose Guilherme, that many of Kurosawa's movies are a little bit tiring, and also that the characters of this movie,Ame agaru are very charismatic.This movie really made me a surprise,since it's very optimistic, and with a good message, about helping other people and to forget the bad side of the past, to turn into a better person in the future.:) Also shows the monster of envy, when other fighters are jealous about misawa's habilities and the fact that he is invited to be the Master of all the fighters and warriors of the landlord.I recommend it to everybody who wants a nice day!:)