Rhapsody in August Movie Review 1991

Talky family drama has four children spending the summer with their grandmother Kane in Nagasaki. They become obsessed with the memorials and bomb sites commemorating the dropping of the atomic bomb in 1945 and their grandmother's experiences. Then Kane's Eurasian nephew (Gere) comes for a visit, inciting more family discussions. Adapted from the novel "Nabe-no-Naka" by Kiyoko Murata. Minor Kurosawa; in Japanese with English subtitles.

Distribution

Orion Home Video, MGM, 2500 Broadway, 3515, Santa Monica, CA 90404-3036, Phone: (310)449-3000, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 98 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Family Ties, Growing Older, Meltdown

Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Sachiko Murase, Narumi Kayashima, Hisashi Igawa, Richard Gere

Cinematography

Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Music

Shinichiro Ikebe