Rhapsody in August
Rhapsody in August

Rhapsody in August

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

May 25, 199198 min7.1JA
Drama

The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.

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Cast

Sachiko Murase
Sachiko MuraseKane (The Grandmother)
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Hidetaka YoshiokaTateo
Tomoko Otakara
Tomoko OtakaraTami
Mieko Suzuki
Mieko SuzukiMinako
Mitsunori Isaki
Mitsunori IsakiShinjiro
Hisashi Igawa
Hisashi IgawaTadao
Toshie Negishi
Toshie NegishiKane's daughter
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Chōichirō KawarasakiNoboru
Narumi Kayashima
Narumi KayashimaMachino
Richard Gere
Richard GereClark (Kane's Nephew)