Rhapsody in August

Rhapsody in August

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

1991•1h 38m•7.1/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(148)

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.

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Production

Kurosawa Production, Shochiku, TOHO Studios, Sony PCL, IMAGICA

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Sachiko Murase

Sachiko Murase

Kane (The Grandmother)

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Tateo

Tomoko Otakara

Tomoko Otakara

Tami

Mieko Suzuki

Minako

Mitsunori Isaki

Mitsunori Isaki

Shinjiro

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Tadao

Toshie Negishi

Toshie Negishi

Kane's daughter

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Noboru

Narumi Kayashima

Narumi Kayashima

Machino

Richard Gere

Richard Gere

Clark (Kane's Nephew)

Matsue Ono

Kappei Matsumoto

Yoshiko Maki

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma

Mourner

Natsuyo Kawakami

Kumeko Otowa

Kumeko Otowa

Michio Kida

Shizuko Azuma

Sachio Sakai

Sachio Sakai

Mourner

Yoshie Kihira

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