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Rhapsody in August (Hachi-gatsu no kyoshikyoku) is Akira Kurosawa's film portrayal of the emotional aftermath of the United States atomic bombing of Nagasaki through the eyes of three generations of two related families: an American family of pineapple growers in Hawaii and a Japanese family living outside Nagasaki. The plot centers on an elderly female survivor of Nagasaki, who lost her husband in the 1945 atomic bombing. While caring for her four grandchildren, she learns that her long-lost brother is living in Hawaii and wants her to visit before he dies.
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- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Distributor: Shochiku Films Ltd.
- Released: May 25, 1991
- Running time: 98 min
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Cast
- Sachiko Murase: Kane (The Grandmother)
- Hisashi Igawa: Tadao (Kane's Son)
- Narumi Kayashima: Machiko (Tadao's Wife)
- Tomoko Otakara: Tami (Tadao's Daughter)
- Mitsunori Isaki: Shinjiro (Tadao's Son)
- Toshie Negishi: Yoshie (Kane's Daughter)
- Hidetaka Yoshioka: Tateo (Yoshie's Son)
- Choichiro Kawarazaki: Noboru (Yoshie's Husband)
- Mieko Suzuki: Minako (Yoshie's Daughter)
- Richard Gere: Clark (Kane's Nephew)
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Wtf @rhapsody resort! Why are you still charging my card when we stayed there in august!!! Unfreakinbelievable!
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The final film released in the U.S. by Japanese master Akira Kurosawa looks at the atomic blast at Nagasaki from a distance of more than 40 years, through the eyes of a woman who survived it--and the grandchildren who are spending the summe...
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Academy AwardÂ(r) winner* Akira Kurosawa (The Seven Samurai) delivers 'the most intimate drama of his career (Los Angeles Times), a stunning epic that is as visually tantalizing as it is emotionally touching. Set in the gorgeous countrysid...
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