Rhapsody in August
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1991-05-25
Runtime: 98 mins
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Drama
Original title: Rhapsody in August
Production Companies: Kurosawa Production, Shochiku
Production Countries: Japan
Cast
Sachiko Murase
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Tomoko Otakara
Mieko Suzuki
Mitsunori Isaki
Hisashi Igawa
Toshie Negishi
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Narumi Kayashima
Richard Gere
Matsue Ono
Kappei Matsumoto
Yoshiko Maki
Noriko Honma
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