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Rhapsody In August (1991)

  
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Akira Kurosawa's sensitive drama tells of four children whose visit to their grandmother rekindles her frightening memories of August 9th, 1945, when an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The children learn about the horrors of war, and when an American cousin arrives, more dark secrets of the past are revealed. Sachiko Murase, Hidetaka Yoshioka and Richard Gere star. 98 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: Japanese Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; theatrical trailer. In Japanese with English subtitles.
 
SKU: D39795
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Category:
Foreign
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Rated:
PG
Color:
Color
Format: 
DVD Widescreen
Closed Captioned:
 No
Cast:  Sachiko Murase, Hisashi Igawa, Narumi Kayashima, Tomoko Ohtakara, Mitsunori Isaki, Toshie Negishi, Choichiro Kawarasaki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Mie Suzuki, Richard Gere
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