Summary
Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku is a Japanese film first released in 1991,
directed by Akira Kurosawa.
The film stars Sachiko Murase, Hisashi Igawa, Narumi Kayashima, Tomoko Ôtakara and Mitsunori Isaki.
It has also been released under the title: Rhapsody in August.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Script: Kiyoko Murata, Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda
- Photo: Takao Saitô, Shôji Ueda
- Music: Shinichirô Ikebe
- Cast: Sachiko Murase (Kane), Hisashi Igawa (Tadao), Narumi Kayashima (Machino), Tomoko Ôtakara (Tami), Mitsunori Isaki (Shinjiro), Toshie Negishi (Kane’s daughter), Hidetaka Yoshioka (Tateo), Choichiro Kawarazaki (Noboru), Mieko Suzuki (Minako), Richard Gere (Clark), Shizuko Azuma, Satoko Hayashi, Masahito Hirose, Noriko Honma (Mourner), Ayao Imada, Tomi Iwasawa, Wasuke Izumi, Saburo Kadowaki, Hiroko Kamaya, Maru Kariya, Tsuyo Kataoka, Shigeo Katô, Setsuko Kawaguchi, Natsuyo Kawakami, Michio Kida, Yoshie Kihira, Sakae Koike, Akiji Maeda, Hiroko Maki, Yoshiko Maki, Ise Maruyama, Kappei Matsumoto, Goichi Nagatani, Kiyoshi Nakamura, Chiyono Nakayama, Junpei Natsuki, Ei Ogata, Masako Oka, Teru Oki, Kinu Ono, Matsue Ono, Kumeko Otowa, Sachio Sakai (Mourner), Akio Sakita, Takatoshi Shimohira, Yukie Shimura, Yukie Sugisaki, Tomo Takano, Fumi Takeshita, Tadashi Tomonaga, Kimi Toshita, Yoshiko Tsuji, Haruko Uesugi, Torauemon Utazawa, Koji Wada, Tai Yamaguchi, Mieko Yasunaga, Katsuji Yoshida, Chiyoko Yoshihara, Haruo Yoshihara, Hideko Yoshiyama
- Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Runtime: 98 min
- Aka: Rhapsody in August
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