An elderly woman living in Nagasaki Japan takes care of her four grandchildren for their summer vacation. They learn about the atomic bomb that fell in 1945, and how it killed their grandfather.
I've always had a huge interest in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It's such a horrible and shocking chapter in the history of the world that every movie that deals with these events automatically gains my attention. Rhapsody tells of a family which greatly has been affected by the bombings, and of their story many years later when grandchildren all become parts of a living legacy. It's more of a family drama with a sad undertone, but no less fascinating. Not the movie I'd expect to see Richard Gere in, but he does have a small part in it. One of three films directed by Akira Kurosawa which revolves around the atomic bombings, the other two were I Live in Fear (1955) and Dreams (1990). Not one of his most prominent works but a good film nonetheless.
Genre: Drama
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