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Rhapsody in August
Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.
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.
Cast
- Sachiko Murase as Kane (The Grandmother)
- Hidetaka Yoshioka as Tateo
- Tomoko Otakara as Tami
- Mieko Suzuki as Minako
- Mitsunori Isaki as Shinjiro
- Hisashi Igawa as Tadao
- Toshie Negishi as Kane's daughter
- Chōichirō Kawarasaki as Noboru
- Narumi Kayashima as Machino
- Richard Gere as Clark (Kane's Nephew)
- Matsue Ono
- Kappei Matsumoto
Details
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Released
- May 25, 1991
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Kurosawa Production, Shochiku and Sony PCL
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.2 / 10 from 163 votes
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