Rhapsody in August

May 25, 1991

1h 38m

★ 7.1

Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.

Overview

An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Kurosawa Production

Shochiku

TOHO Studios

Sony PCL

IMAGICA

Rhapsody in August Trailers

Cast

Kane (The Grandmother)

Sachiko Murase

Tateo

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Tami

Tomoko Otakara

Minako

Mieko Suzuki

Shinjiro

Mitsunori Isaki

Tadao

Hisashi Igawa

Kane's daughter

Toshie Negishi

Noboru

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Machino

Narumi Kayashima

Clark (Kane's Nephew)

Richard Gere

Matsue Ono

Kappei Matsumoto

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