

Rhapsody in August
(1991)
May 25, 1991• 1h 38m
71%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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.
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Top Billed Cast
SM
Sachiko Murase
Kane (The Grandmother)
HY
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Tateo
TO
Tomoko Otakara
Tami
MS
Mieko Suzuki
Minako
MI
Mitsunori Isaki
Shinjiro
HI
Hisashi Igawa
Tadao
TN
Toshie Negishi
Kane's daughter
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Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Noboru
NK
Narumi Kayashima
Machino
RG
Richard Gere
Clark (Kane's Nephew)



















