Rhapsody in August (1991)
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.
- Released
- 1991-05-25
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Akira Kurosawa, Ishirō Honda, Akira Kurosawa
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 165 votes
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