Rhapsody in August (Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku) (1991)

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7.2	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Akira Kurosawa

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Sachiko Murase
Kane

Hisashi Igawa
Tadao

Narumi Kayashima
Machino

Tomoko Ôtakara
Tami

Mitsunori Isaki
Shinjiro

Toshie Negishi
Yoshie

Hidetaka Yoshioka
Tateo

Chôichirô Kawarasaki
Noboru

Written by

Akira Kurosawa

Ishirô Honda
uncredited

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A good movie

9 years, 9 months ago at Mar 9 10:26

johanlefourbe

I have always been a huge fan of Akira Kurosawa and there was a blessed time when I watched many of his movies. To be honest, it has been many years since I have seen any of his work and I hope I will watch again some other of his movies or re-watch his great classics. Coming back to our main feature, to be honest, it was one of the last movies directed by the great master and, even though it was ... read more

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Description: An elderly woman living in Nagasaki Japan takes care of her four grandchildren for their summer vacation. They learn about the atomic bomb that fell in 1945, and how it killed their Grandfather. Richard Gere guest stars as an American nephew of the elderly woman. - Written by Matthew Rorie ... (more)

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Tags: Japan (5), Drama (4), Based On Novel (3), 1991 (3), Rainstorm (2), 1990s (2), War Memorial (2), Movies Based On Books (1), Saipal Sucks (1), Nuclear Wapons (1), Retro Asian (1), 96 Min. (1), Not Foreign Language (1), *saipal (1), War Widow (1), 03 (1), Atomic Bomb (1), Post War (1), Japanese American (1), Nuclear Weapons (1)

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Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1929 movies items)

" Rhapsody in August (八月の狂詩曲, Hachigatsu no rapusodī or Hachigatsu no kyōshikyoku) is a 1991 Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa based on the novel Nabe no naka by Kiyoko Murata. The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, who lost her husband in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies. American film star Richard Gere appears as Suzuj"