Americans in Japanese films

[Lewis Saul]

>Has anyone mentioned Richard Gere's more than usually wooden performance as
>the American relative turning up to feel guilty about the A-bomb in
>Kurosawa's 1991 Rhapsody in August (Hachi-gatsu no kyoshikyoku)?
>
>Heidi Potter

I agree with you that Gere's performance is "wooden."

I disagree with you about your characterization of his character feeling
"guilty about the A-bomb."

What Clark Kane feels "guilty" about is the fact that they wanted Grandma to
come to Hawaii without any regard for the anniversary ceremony...

....[in which the ants climb the rose -- surely one of cinema's better
moments!]...

It is THIS that he apologizes to Grandma for...

ls
(who thinks that Rhapsody is not Kurosawa's greatest masterpiece -- but
neither is it his WORST movie either! -- that prize HAS to go to THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL... ! )