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20 December 1991 (USA) morePlot:
An elderly woman living in Nagasaki Japan takes care of her four grandchildren for their summer vacation... more | add synopsisAwards:
5 wins & 6 nominations moreUser Comments:
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Hachigatsu no rapusodî (Japan) (poster title)Rhapsody in August (International: English title)
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Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Peru:PT | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:PGFun Stuff
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When I saw this movie, I remembered Louis-Ferdinand Celine's book, "Journey to the End of the Night", a anti-war book. Reading reviews about the movie, listening to what people in the US had to say, seeing the reaction of the American media to this movie, I was sad, simply sad. This movie is not about Japan, it's not about America, it could have been anywhere a war had happened.
This movie is a poem against war and the scars it leaves forever deep in the mind of the people who suffered those wars. Those who didn't suffer a war are lucky, and shouldn't be blamed for being this lucky, but they should see movies like this to understand what war is about. The world is never better after war. The first ones to agree to settle things through warfare are the ones who didn't suffer war. There are no winners in a war, just remember.
I'm sorry that all those who felt attacked in their pride as Americans are missing the point of this movie. If your father or your grandfather, or your friend has been to war, just listen to them.
The performance of the grandmother will make you forget you're watching a movie! It is filmed simply and un-pretentiously, though is a very emotional film.
Enjoy.
PS: Oh and I'm not Japanese...