Rhapsody in August
1991Original title: 八月の狂詩曲
“Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.”
1h 38mDrama
3.6
163 ratingsSynopsis
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.
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Languages
- Japanese
- Cast
- Sachiko Murase, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tomoko Otakara, Mieko Suzuki, Mitsunori Isaki, Hisashi Igawa, Toshie Negishi, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Narumi Kayashima, Richard Gere