pretty decent film. a late film for kurosawa made toward the end of his life, its one of my least favorite of his but still a great watch. this is a film about 4 kids spending the summer with their grandma in nagasaki reliving the events of the atomic bomb in 1945. richard ger... ...( read more )
Well,it isn't the worst Kurosawa,that's a gravity point.It's pathetic nonetheless.Piety and respect to the fruitful generation in spite of the elders' guidance and alternatively,the cycle continues by giving props to the what occurred in a critical epoch of a land e.g. the nuclea... ...( read more )
this film is slow... but i like it. this is a drama about hiroshima nagasaki's nuclear bomb. i can feel the trauma and the pain, and i think akira kurosawa was so smart to deliver it without serving any blood or something like that
Nice but ultra-minor late Kurosawa. A striking visual or three does not overcome the Richard Gere factor.
Kurosawa entered his vigorous golden age with this very enjoyable and tender family story. Strong anti-war statement too.
This is very interesting. A grandmother reminices of the bombings of World War II and an estrange American family member visits. It is not all about them but it rotates around the grandchildren.
Not Kurosawa's best but a very tender story capturing the escence of post-nuclear japanese society. Richard Gere makes a well thought perfomance.
Amazingly told.Simply the best.One of the most lyrical and poetic works,from Mr.Kurosawa.The flick is both a lament for the suffering caused by militarism and an outcry against the world's collective loss of memory.My most favorite scenes in the film is the sight of a colony of a... ...( read more )
Such an invigorating movie. Some of the actors in this movie were so good I was actually almost suprised that they wern't just normal people telling their story.Akira Kurosawa did an amzing job at directing this movie! As much as there were parts of this movie that I found extrem... ...( read more )
The first Kurosawa film I ever saw, I was stunned by this director's skill and power with film. Beautiful.
This is such a beautiful film. I'm giving it the highest rating because everything is just right. No tweaking of any kind could have made it better, it's just a brilliant piece of art.
A film about understanding where you come from with the atomic bombing of Japan as the genesis. Quietly emotional. Richard Gere is incidental, though his appearance did cause controversy.
I very poignant film from one of the masters; Akira Kurosawa. An interesting study on "the bomb" in Japan.
