This listing is for Black Rain LaserDisc LD 1989 LV32220-2.

Country: USA   

Street Date: 1990

Publisher: Paramount Home Video

Price: 39.98 USD

UPC: 097363222064

ISBN: 0792115929

Category: Thriller

Color: Color

Length: 125 min.

Sides: 3

Chapter: None

Size: 12"

Picture: Pan & Scan

Ratio: 1.33:1

Plastic: Transparent

Cover: Standard 

Black Rain is a 1989 American action thriller film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Michael Douglas, Andy García, Ken Takakura, and Kate Capshaw. The story centers on two NYPD officers who arrest a member of the Yakuza and must escort him back to Japan. Once there, he escapes, and the two officers find themselves dragged deeper and deeper into the Japanese underworld. The film was well publicized before its release, as it was Douglas's first film since winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Wall Street and his first film in a year.

LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium, initially licensed, sold, and marketed as MCA DiscoVision (also known as simply "DiscoVision") in North America in 1978.  Although the format was capable of offering higher-quality video and audio than its consumer rivals, the VHS and Betamax videocassette systems, LaserDisc never managed to gain widespread use in North America, largely due to high costs for the players and video titles themselves and the inability to record TV programming. It also remained a largely obscure format in Europe and Australia. By contrast, the format was much more popular in Japan and in the more affluent regions of Southeast Asia, such as Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia, being the prevalent rental video medium in Hong Kong during the 1990s. Its superior video and audio quality did make it a somewhat popular choice among videophiles and film enthusiasts during its lifespan.

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