RHAPSODY IN AUGUST (Hachi-gatsu no Kyoshikyoku) (1991) - ♦♦♦

Directed by - Akira Kurosawa

Written by - Akira Kurosawa, Ishiro Honda (based on the novel by Koyoko Murata)

Starring - Sachiko Murase, Hisashi Igawa, Narumi Kayashima

"An elderly woman who lives near Nagasaki takes care of her grandchildren on their summer vacation while her son is meeting a wealthy brother of hers who resides in America. These events gradually lead her to relive the dramatic event of the fall of the atomic bomb which she lived through and that killed her husband. The film starts off as a children's game and ends in tragedy. However, though the it is set up almost perfectly to portray the effect the fall of the a-bomb on Nagasaki had on the generations which followed it, it is very disappointing to see it crumble  in anonymity and mediocrity."

Drama, Japan