Drama
Rhapsody in August
"Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering."
User Score148 votes
71%7.1/10
Release1991→
Runtime1H 38M
LanguageJapanese
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
Sachiko Murase
Kane (The Grandmother)
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Tateo
Tomoko Otakara
Tami
Mieko Suzuki
Minako
Mitsunori Isaki
Shinjiro
Hisashi Igawa
Tadao
Toshie Negishi
Kane's daughter
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Noboru
Media14
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Director
Akira Kurosawa
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Certification
PGKeywords
atomic bombhydrogen bomblong lost relativegrandmotherjapanese americannagasakimourning ritualgrandmother grandson relationshipgrandmother granddaughter relationship
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Countries:Japan
Production:Kurosawa ProductionShochikuTOHO StudiosSony PCLIMAGICA