Hachigatsu no kyōshikyoku : Rhapsody in August / Shochiku presents a film by Akira Kurosawa ; a Kurosawa Production presented by Feature Film Enterprise 2 ; producer, Hisao Kurosawa ; written and directed by Akira Kurosawa.
| Format | Video (DVD) |
| Publication Info | Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 2003. |
| Description | 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998. |
| Other author/creator | Kurosawa, Hisao. |
| Other author/creator | Murase, Sachiko. |
| Other author/creator | Yoshioka, Hidetaka. |
| Other author/creator | Ōtakara, Tomoko. |
| Other author/creator | Suzuki, Mie. |
| Other author/creator | Gere, Richard, 1949- |
| Other author/creator | Saitō, Takao, 1929-2014 |
| Other author/creator | Ueda, Masaharu. |
| Other author/creator | Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. |
| Other author/creator | Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. |
| Other author/creator | Ikebe, Shin'ichirō. |
| Other author/creator | Murata, Kiyoko, 1945- Nabe no naka. |
| Other author/creator | Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha. |
| Other author/creator | Kurosawa Purodakushon. |
| Other author/creator | Feature Film Enterprise 2. |
| Other author/creator | MGM Home Entertainment Inc. |
| Parallel title | Rhapsody in August |
| Variant title | 8-gatsu no kyōshikyoku |
| Variant title | Hachigatsu no rapusodī |
| Variant title | 8-gatsu no rapusodī |
| Series | World films World films (MGM Home Entertainment Inc.) ^A456198 |
| Abstract | 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. |
| General note | Originally produced as motion picture in 1991. |
| General note | Based on the novel Nabe no naka by Murata Kiyoko. |
| Credits | Cinematography, Saitō Takao, Ueda Masaharu ; music from Schubert and Vivaldi and by Ikebe Shin'ichirō. |
| Cast | Murase Sachiko, Yoshioka Hidetaka, Ōtakara Tomoko, Suzuki Mie, Isaki Mitsunori, Igawa Hisashi, Negishi Toshie, Kawarasaki Chōichiro, Kayashima Narumi, Richard Gere. |
| Audience | Rated PG. |
| Technical details | DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby digital; NTSC. |
| Language | Japanese dialogue, English, French, and Spanish subtitles. |
| Genre/form | Film adaptations. |
| Genre/form | Fiction films. |
| Genre/form | Feature films. |
| Genre/form | Foreign films. |
| Genre/form | DVD-Video discs. |
| ISBN | 0792856260 |
| ISBN | 9780792856269 |
| UPC | 027616887511 |
| Publisher number | 1004710 MGM Home Entertainment |
| Stock number | Midwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com |