Rhapsody in August (1991) is not a "boy" movie per se, but there is a very appealing boy throughout.  A grandmother, caring for her 4 grandchildren, relates the circumstances surrounding the death of the grandfather during the bombing of Nagasaki.  The film does give one the sense you are witnessing actual family interactions, but I found it rather "talky" (is "subtitlely" a word?); not much happens.  Some of the IMDb reviewers totally loved it, though.  I thought Mitsunori Isaki, playing the youngest grandson, Shinjiro, was very appealing (and in shorts and barefoot for much of the film -- not that sophisticated readers here are interested in such irrelevant trivia) -- has anyone here seen any of his other films?  What was remarkable about his performance was that he was very fidgety -- just like a real boy!  I wonder if that was "directed" into him, or they just let him be himself?  It was very real, and cute; I can't off the top of my head recall that in any other film.

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IFC stands for Independent Film Channel. They play LOTS of good movies and if I had satellite or digital cable, that would probably be the first channel I would subscribe to.

Great review, wwaabbiitt, and nice caps too. It's true that the boy kind of looks like a Japanese version of Ingemar.

By the way, I named my cat Ingemar, after the character from <i>My Life as a Dog</i> (my favourite boymovie).

Got to see this film up on the big screen last night.
Really enjoyed it.  Definitely worth a look.


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