Full awards and nominations of Rhapsody in August
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Drama
The final film released in the U.S. by Japanese master Akira Kurosawa looks at the atomic blast at Nagasaki from a distance of more than 40 years, through the eyes of a woman who survived it--and the grandchildren who are spending the summer with her. Though she tries not to think about it, the memory of the bombing is with her every day, in the family she lost and the scars she still carries. But the grandchildren insist on seeing the ... [+]
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15th Japan Academy Film Prize
- nom. Best Film
- nom. Best Director (Akira Kurosawa)
- nom. Best Screenplay (Akira Kurosawa)
- nom. Best Actress (Sachiko Murase)
- nom. Best Supporting Actor (Hisashi Igawa)
- nom. Best Music (Shinichirô Ikebe)
- winner Best Cinematography (Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda)
- winner Best Lighting Direction (Takeharu Sano)
- winner Best Art Direction (Yoshirô Muraki)
- winner Best Sound Recording (Kouichi Beniya)