Rhapsody in August (1991)
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 Suzujiro's son Clark.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Akira Kurosawa
Written By: Akira Kurosawa, Kiyoko Murata
Starring: Richard Gere, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Hisashi Igawa, Toshie Negishi, Sachiko Murase, Choichiro Kawarazaki, Narumi Kayashima, Mitsunori Isaki, Tomoko Ôtakara, Mieko Suzuki, Shizuko Azuma, Satoko Hayashi
Genre: Drama
AKAs: 八月の狂詩曲, Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku
Country: Japan
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Rhapsody in August belongs to 12 collections
1. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 38 stars)
2. Old directors (70+) (collaborative: moderated by von krogh - 3 stars)
3. Director at least 80 years old (collaborative: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
4. Coheed's Films I Need To See Or Try To Track Down (public: Coheed - 3 stars)
5. Akira Kurosawa (public: kendell - 1 star)
6. Japanese submissions for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar (collaborative: moderated by zae)
7. The Leonard Maltin List (collaborative: moderated by wokelstein)
8. My DVD Collection (public: balseiros)
9. Movies to See: Kurosawa (public: Lord Moe)
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| Oct 02, 2013 | glm01 | 72 43rd |
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| Jul 10, 2013 | Guaporense | 89 94th |
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A near masterpiece of the greatest of all directors. People here apparently did not get the brilliance of this film.
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| Mar 21, 2011 |  |
kafka1325 | 63 62nd |
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Certainly not the best release Kurosawa's but good enough to import dramatic moments in the film that deals with the History....
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| Jan 18, 2011 | glm | 67 38th |
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| Aug 03, 2010 |  |
JooJoo | 4 55th |
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You know what, this isn't so bad.
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| May 04, 2010 |  |
joseywales | 74 69th |
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Kurosawa nearing his twilight. It's not great, and it's definitely got it's own issues but it still has enough classic moments to make it memorable and enjoyable to fans.
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| Apr 16, 2010 |  |
Actionberg | 70 49th |
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Clearly lesser Kurosawa but with plenty of emotionally arresting moments to rise above what most filmmakers can accomplish.
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| Aug 20, 2009 |  |
Nathan S | 2 21st |
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Kurosawa returns to the nuclear stigma theme, and it's safe to say he's tackled the concept in more effective ways. Rhapsody in August has all the production value and tone of an after school special with really drab presentation and lame acting, and it often lays out its ideas too plainly. Kurosawa sure liked biding his time later on in his career, and this is one of those occasions where he could've done a lot of cutting.
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| Mar 19, 2009 |  |
iceblox | 64 45th |
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A lesser known Kurosawa, buried deep beneath all the Rans and the Rashomons, 'Rhapsody in August' is slow moving most of the way, but interspersed with some interesting moments and an insight into the Japanese-American relationship based on the touchy subject of America's 1945 bombing of Nagasaki.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
MartinTeller | 45 6th |
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In Dreams, Kurosawa deals clumsily with the physical effects of the atomic bomb. Here, he deals clumsily with the emotional and geopolitical effects. The children did not seem realistic. I just didn't care much about what was going on. The characters were pretty one-dimensional, the messages were heavy-handed and the symbolism too obvious. There were some really nice moments, though, and I found myself moved once or twice.
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| May 19, 2007 |  |
Stain | 0 8th |
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Boring as hell, plus a lot of maundering about Japan getting nuked when it's historical fact that that deed actually *saved* all manner of lives that would have been taken by a U.S. invasion of the Japanese mainland. A real wet fart from Kurosawa
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| Average Percentile 54.08% from 345 Ratings |  |