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.
Genre: Drama
AKA: 八月の狂詩曲, Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku
Country: Japan
Directed By: Akira Kurosawa
Written By: Akira Kurosawa, Kiyoko Murata
Starring: Richard Gere, Hisashi Igawa, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Toshie Negishi, Mitsunori Isaki, Sachiko Murase, Narumi Kayashima, Tomoko Ôtakara, Choichiro Kawarazaki, Mieko Suzuki, Shizuko Azuma, Satoko Hayashi
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1. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 35 stars)
2. Old directors (70+) (public: moderated by von krogh - 3 stars)
3. Director at least 80 years old (public: moderated by djross - 1 star)
4. Japanese submissions for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar (public: moderated by zae)
5. Coheed's Films I Need To See Or Try To Track Down (private: Coheed - 3 stars)
6. Akira Kurosawa (private: kendell - 1 star)
7. My DVD Collection (private: balseiros)
8. Movies to See: Kurosawa (private: Lord Moe)
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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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