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Hachigatsu no kyōshikyoku : Rhapsody in August /

A visit from her grandchildren and the discovery of a half-American relative cause an elderly woman to relive her memories of the atomic bomb that fell on Nagasaki.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha, Kurosawa Purodakushon, Feature Film Enterprise 2., MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Other Authors: Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Murase, Sachiko, Yoshioka, Hidetaka, Ontakaro, Tomoko, Suzuki, Mie, Gere, Richard, 1949-, Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828, Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741, Ikebe, Shin'ichirō, Murata, Kiyoko, 1945-
Format: Video DVD
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:In Japanese; optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish.
Closed-captioned.
Published: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2003]
Edition:Widescreen.
Series:World films (MGM Home Entertainment Inc. : DVD videodiscs)
Subjects:
Atomic bomb victims > Japan > Nagasaki-shi > Drama.
Intergenerational relations > Japan > Drama.
Genshi bakudan > Higaisha
Foreign films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:A visit from her grandchildren and the discovery of a half-American relative cause an elderly woman to relive her memories of the atomic bomb that fell on Nagasaki.
Item Description:Based on the novel: Nabe no naka / by Kiyoko Murata.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1991.
Aspect ratio 1.85:1; enhanced for widescreen TVs.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 DVD-video (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital, stereo surround.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG.
Production Credits:Photography, Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda ; music from Schubert and Vivaldi and by Shiʼnichirō Ikebe.
ISBN:0792856260