Rhapsody in August (1991)
Hachigatsu no rapusodî
Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.
98 min
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.
- Release date
- November 14, 1991
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Trailer
Cast
- Sachiko Murase as Kane
- Hidetaka Yoshioka as Tateo
- Tomoko Ôtakara as Tami
- Mieko Suzuki as Minako
- Mitsunori Isaki as Shinjiro
- Hisashi Igawa as Tadao
- Toshie Negishi as Yoshie
- Chōichirō Kawarasaki as Noboru
- Narumi Kayashima as Machino
- Richard Gere as Clark
- Kappei Matsumoto
- Yoshiko Maki
- Noriko Honma as Mourner
- Natsuyo Kawakami
- Kumeko Otowa
- Michio Kida
- Shizuko Azuma
- Sachio Sakai as Mourner
- Yoshie Kihira
- Junpei Natsuki
- Setsuko Kawaguchi
- Shigeo Katô
- Torauemon Utazawa
- Eiko Koike
Crew
- Akira Kurosawa · Director
- Kiyoko Murata · Writer
- Akira Kurosawa · Writer
- Hisao Kurosawa · Producer
- Shinichirô Ikebe · Composer
- Takao Saitô · Cinematographer
- Shôji Ueda · Cinematographer
- Akira Kurosawa · Editor
- Yoshirô Muraki · Production designer