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Rhapsody in August
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
PG
1991
1h 38m
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7.2
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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.
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Cast of Rhapsody in August
Sachiko Murase
Kane (The Grandmother)
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Tateo
Tomoko Otakara
Tami
Mieko Suzuki
Minako
Mitsunori Isaki
Shinjiro
Hisashi Igawa
Tadao
Toshie Negishi
Kane's daughter
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Noboru
Narumi Kayashima
Machino
Richard Gere
Clark (Kane's Nephew)
Matsue Ono
Kappei Matsumoto
Yoshiko Maki
Noriko Honma
Mourner
Natsuyo Kawakami
Kumeko Otowa
Michio Kida
Shizuko Azuma
Sachio Sakai
Mourner
Yoshie Kihira
Rhapsody in August Ratings & Reviews
Hartford Courant
Malcolm Johnson
There is little drama in all of this, but Kurosawa still knows how to set out a strong ending.
Classic Film and Television
Michael E. Grost
Absorbing pacifist drama, looks at the links between East and West.
The New Yorker
Michael Sragow
These days, people are more interested in Kurosawa than he is in being Kurosawa.
TV Guide
Sad to say, it is far from a major statement from one of our greatest living directors.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A touching heartfelt film by the octogenarian legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A beautiful reminder from octogenarian Akira Kurosawa that he's still the master.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
Mr. Gere gives a good, self-effacing performance in a role that's a little unreal. He speaks his own Japanese dialogue easily and is at the center of one of Mr. Kurosawa's most breathtaking moments.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It is not one of his great films, but shows him thoughtfully trying to come to peace with the central event of his times.
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Chris Hicks
It's proof, as if anyone needed it, that at 82, Kurosawa still possesses all of his artistic filmmaking powers.
Austin Chronicle
Kathleen Maher
Kurosawa's lovely meditation on the nature of American-Japanese relations could not come at a better time.
Washington Post
Hal Hinson
A delicately nuanced film about remembrance -- so delicate, perhaps, that it's not terribly memorable itself.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Plain and simple, Rhapsody is mediocre pap. It's nothing compared with his previous work.
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