Rhapsody in August
八月の狂詩曲
Drama
Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.
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.
1991-05-25
ja
Cast
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Sachiko Murase as Kane (The Grandmother)
Hidetaka Yoshioka as Tateo
Tomoko Otakara as Tami
Mitsunori Isaki as Shinjiro
Hisashi Igawa as Tadao
Toshie Negishi as Kane's daughter
Chōichirō Kawarasaki as Noboru
Narumi Kayashima as Machino
Richard Gere as Clark (Kane's Nephew)
Noriko Honma as Mourner
Kumeko Otowa
Sachio Sakai as Mourner
Shigeo Katō
Hiroko Maki
Torauemon Utazawa
Eiko Koike