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.
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07/16/03
Rhapsody in August (1993)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:5
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: In this moving and thought-provoking film from Akira Kurosawa, four Japanese youngsters begin a voyage of discovery when their parents leave for Hawaii and leave them with their grandmother, Kane.... [More]
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Reviews for Rhapsody in August
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Top CriticIt is not one of his great films, but shows him thoughtfully trying to come to peace with the central event of his times.
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Top CriticIt's proof, as if anyone needed it, that at 82, Kurosawa still possesses all of his artistic filmmaking powers.
01/01/00
A delicately nuanced film about remembrance -- so delicate, perhaps, that it's not terribly memorable itself.
01/01/00
Top CriticKurosawa's lovely meditation on the nature of American-Japanese relations could not come at a better time.
01/01/00
A beautiful reminder from octogenarian Akira Kurosawa that he's still the master.
05/15/04
Top CriticPlain and simple, Rhapsody is mediocre pap. It's nothing compared with his previous work.
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